From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Cc: "DRI Development" <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@intel.com>,
"Kees Cook" <keescook@chromium.org>,
"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"John Hubbard" <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
"Jérôme Glisse" <jglisse@redhat.com>, "Jan Kara" <jack@suse.cz>,
"Alex Williamson" <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
"Cornelia Huck" <cohuck@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] vfio/type1: Mark follow_pfn as unsafe
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 14:39:11 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201007173911.GX5177@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201007164426.1812530-14-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 06:44:26PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> The code seems to stuff these pfns into iommu pts (or something like
> that, I didn't follow), but there's no mmu_notifier to ensure that
> access is synchronized with pte updates.
>
> Hence mark these as unsafe. This means that with
> CONFIG_STRICT_FOLLOW_PFN, these will be rejected.
>
> Real fix is to wire up an mmu_notifier ... somehow. Probably means any
> invalidate is a fatal fault for this vfio device, but then this
> shouldn't ever happen if userspace is reasonable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> index 5fbf0c1f7433..a4d53f3d0a35 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int follow_fault_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mm_struct *mm,
> {
> int ret;
>
> - ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
> + ret = unsafe_follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
> if (ret) {
> bool unlocked = false;
>
> @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int follow_fault_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mm_struct *mm,
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> - ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
> + ret = unsafe_follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
> }
This is actually being commonly used, so it needs fixing.
When I talked to Alex about this last we had worked out a patch series
that adds a test on vm_ops that the vma came from vfio in the first
place. The VMA's created by VFIO are 'safe' as the PTEs are never changed.
Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-07 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-07 16:44 [PATCH 00/13] follow_pfn and other iomap races Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 01/13] drm/exynos: Stop using frame_vector helpers Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 20:32 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 21:32 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 21:36 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 21:50 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 02/13] drm/exynos: Use FOLL_LONGTERM for g2d cmdlists Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 20:43 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 03/13] misc/habana: Stop using frame_vector helpers Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 20:38 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 04/13] misc/habana: Use FOLL_LONGTERM for userptr Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 20:46 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 05/13] mm/frame-vector: Use FOLL_LONGTERM Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:53 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-07 17:12 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 17:33 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-07 21:13 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 21:30 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 06/13] media: videobuf2: Move frame_vector into media subsystem Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 22:18 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 07/13] mm: close race in generic_access_phys Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 17:27 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-07 18:01 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 23:21 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-08 0:44 ` John Hubbard
2020-10-08 7:23 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 08/13] s390/pci: Remove races against pte updates Daniel Vetter
2020-10-08 16:44 ` Gerald Schaefer
2020-10-08 17:16 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 09/13] PCI: obey iomem restrictions for procfs mmap Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 18:46 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 10/13] PCI: revoke mappings like devmem Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 18:41 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-10-07 19:24 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 19:33 ` Dan Williams
2020-10-07 19:47 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 22:23 ` Dan Williams
2020-10-07 22:29 ` Dan Williams
2020-10-08 8:09 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 23:24 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-08 7:31 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-08 7:49 ` Dan Williams
2020-10-08 8:13 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-08 8:35 ` Dan Williams
2020-10-08 12:41 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 11/13] mm: add unsafe_follow_pfn Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 17:36 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-07 18:10 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 19:00 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-10-07 19:38 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 12/13] media/videbuf1|2: Mark follow_pfn usage as unsafe Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 13/13] vfio/type1: Mark follow_pfn " Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 17:39 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2020-10-07 18:14 ` Daniel Vetter
2020-10-07 18:47 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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