On Sun, 2018-01-21 at 15:31 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > 
> > XX: Do we want a microcode blacklist?
> 
> Oh yes, we want a microcode blacklist. Ideally we refuse to load the
> affected microcode in the first place and if its already loaded then at
> least avoid to use the borked features.
> 
> PR texts promising that Intel is committed to transparency in this matter
> are not sufficient. Intel, please provide the facts, i.e. a proper list of
> micro codes and affected SKUs, ASAP.

They've finally published one, at
https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/01/microcode-update-guidance.pdf

For shits and giggles, you can compare it with the one at
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52345

Intel's seems to be a bit rushed. For example for Broadwell-EX 406F1
they say "0x25, 0x23" are bad, but VMware's list says 0x0B000025 and I
have a CPU with 0x0B0000xx. So I've "corrected" their numbers in
attempt at a blacklist patch accordingly, and likewise for some Skylake
SKUs. But there are others in Intel's list that I can't easily
proofread for them right now. Am I missing something?

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index b720dacac051..52855d1a4f9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -102,6 +102,57 @@ static void probe_xeon_phi_r3mwait(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		ELF_HWCAP2 |= HWCAP2_RING3MWAIT;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Early microcode releases for the Spectre v2 mitigation were broken:
+ * https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/01/microcode-update-guidance.pdf
+ * VMware also has a list at https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52345
+ */
+struct sku_microcode {
+	u8 model;
+	u8 stepping;
+	u32 microcode;
+};
+static const struct sku_microcode spectre_bad_microcodes[] = {
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x0B, 0x80 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x0A, 0x80 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x0A, 0x80 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x09, 0x80 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x09, 0x80 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 0x04, 0x0200003C },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x03, 0x000000C2 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x03, 0x000000C2 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_CORE, 0x04, 0x28 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E, 0x01, 0x0000001B },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_ULT, 0x01, 0x21 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_GT3E, 0x01, 0x18 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE, 0x03, 0x23 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE_X, 0x04, 0x42a },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_X, 0x02, 0x3b },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_X, 0x04, 0x10 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE, 0x03, 0x23 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_XEON_D, 0x02, 0x14 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_XEON_D, 0x03, 0x7000011 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E, 0x01, 0x0000001B },
+	/* For 406F1 Intel says "0x25, 0x23" while VMware says 0x0B000025
+	 * and a real CPU has a firmware in the 0x0B0000xx range. So: */
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X, 0x01, 0x0b000025 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x09, 0x80 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 0x03, 0x100013e },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 0x04, 0x200003c },
+};
+
+static int bad_spectre_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(spectre_bad_microcodes); i++) {
+		if (c->x86_model == spectre_bad_microcodes[i].model &&
+		    c->x86_mask == spectre_bad_microcodes[i].stepping)
+			return (c->microcode <= spectre_bad_microcodes[i].microcode);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u64 misc_enable;
@@ -122,6 +173,18 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86 >= 6 && !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IA64))
 		c->microcode = intel_get_microcode_revision();
 
+	if ((cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_SPEC_CTRL) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_PRED_CMD) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP)) && bad_spectre_microcode(c)) {
+		pr_warn("Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling SPEC_CTRL\n");
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_STIBP);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_SPEC_CTRL);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_PRED_CMD);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Atom erratum AAE44/AAF40/AAG38/AAH41:
 	 *