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Jann Horn
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Change generic_load_microcode() to use the iov_iter API instead of a clumsy open-coded version which has to pay attention to __user data or kernel data, depending on the loading method. This allows to avoid explicit casting between user and kernel pointers. Because the iov_iter API makes it hard to read the same location twice, as a side effect, also fix a double-read of the microcode header (which could e.g. lead to out-of-bounds reads in microcode_sanity_check()). Not that it matters much, only root is allowed to load microcode anyway... [ bp: Massage a bit, sort function-local variables. ] Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: x86-ml <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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