x86, amd-ucode: Check UCODE_MAGIC before loading the container file

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <[email protected]>
LKML-Reference: <20091029134552[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 366baa179913dfc3e3e865480e82008a9ab5071a..f4c538b681cad13734aae36da2fdcda167fbdf67 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
                return UCODE_NFOUND;
        }
 
+       if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
+                      *(u32 *)firmware->data);
+               return UCODE_ERROR;
+       }
+
        ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
 
        release_firmware(firmware);