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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Martin Radev <martin.b.radev@gmail.com>
Cc: konrad.wilk@oracle.com, hch@lst.de, m.szyprowski@samsung.com,
	robin.murphy@arm.com, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joro@8bytes.org,
	kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, thomas.lendacky@amd.com,
	robert.buhren@sect.tu-berlin.de, file@sect.tu-berlin.de,
	mathias.morbitzer@aisec.fraunhofer.de,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] swiotlb: Validate bounce size in the sync/unmap path
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:30:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210113113017.GA28106@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X/27MSbfDGCY9WZu@martin>

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 04:07:29PM +0100, Martin Radev wrote:
> The size of the buffer being bounced is not checked if it happens
> to be larger than the size of the mapped buffer. Because the size
> can be controlled by a device, as it's the case with virtio devices,
> this can lead to memory corruption.
> 

I'm really worried about all these hodge podge hacks for not trusted
hypervisors in the I/O stack.  Instead of trying to harden protocols
that are fundamentally not designed for this, how about instead coming
up with a new paravirtualized I/O interface that is specifically
designed for use with an untrusted hypervisor from the start?

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Martin Radev <martin.b.radev@gmail.com>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com, file@sect.tu-berlin.de,
	robert.buhren@sect.tu-berlin.de, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	konrad.wilk@oracle.com, mathias.morbitzer@aisec.fraunhofer.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, robin.murphy@arm.com,
	hch@lst.de, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] swiotlb: Validate bounce size in the sync/unmap path
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:30:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210113113017.GA28106@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X/27MSbfDGCY9WZu@martin>

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 04:07:29PM +0100, Martin Radev wrote:
> The size of the buffer being bounced is not checked if it happens
> to be larger than the size of the mapped buffer. Because the size
> can be controlled by a device, as it's the case with virtio devices,
> this can lead to memory corruption.
> 

I'm really worried about all these hodge podge hacks for not trusted
hypervisors in the I/O stack.  Instead of trying to harden protocols
that are fundamentally not designed for this, how about instead coming
up with a new paravirtualized I/O interface that is specifically
designed for use with an untrusted hypervisor from the start?
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iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/iommu

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Martin Radev <martin.b.radev@gmail.com>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com, file@sect.tu-berlin.de,
	robert.buhren@sect.tu-berlin.de, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	konrad.wilk@oracle.com, mathias.morbitzer@aisec.fraunhofer.de,
	joro@8bytes.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, robin.murphy@arm.com,
	hch@lst.de, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com,
	m.szyprowski@samsung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] swiotlb: Validate bounce size in the sync/unmap path
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:30:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210113113017.GA28106@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X/27MSbfDGCY9WZu@martin>

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 04:07:29PM +0100, Martin Radev wrote:
> The size of the buffer being bounced is not checked if it happens
> to be larger than the size of the mapped buffer. Because the size
> can be controlled by a device, as it's the case with virtio devices,
> this can lead to memory corruption.
> 

I'm really worried about all these hodge podge hacks for not trusted
hypervisors in the I/O stack.  Instead of trying to harden protocols
that are fundamentally not designed for this, how about instead coming
up with a new paravirtualized I/O interface that is specifically
designed for use with an untrusted hypervisor from the start?
_______________________________________________
Virtualization mailing list
Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-13 11:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-12 15:07 [PATCH] swiotlb: Validate bounce size in the sync/unmap path Martin Radev
2021-01-12 15:07 ` Martin Radev
2021-01-13 11:30 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-01-13 11:30   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-13 11:30   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-18 11:44   ` Martin Radev
2021-01-18 11:44     ` Martin Radev
2021-01-18 15:14     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-01-18 15:14       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-01-18 15:14       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-01-25 18:33       ` Martin Radev
2021-01-25 18:33         ` Martin Radev
2021-02-02 16:37         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 16:37           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 16:37           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 22:34           ` Tom Lendacky
2021-02-02 22:34             ` Tom Lendacky
2021-02-02 22:34             ` Tom Lendacky
2021-02-02 23:13             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 23:13               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 23:13               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-03 12:49     ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-03 12:49       ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-03 12:49       ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-03 19:36       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-03 19:36         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-03 19:36         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-05 17:58         ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-05 17:58           ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-05 17:58           ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-08 17:14           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-08 17:14             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-08 17:14             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-09  8:26             ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-09  8:26               ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-09  8:26               ` Christoph Hellwig

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