linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9 v2] vfio-pci: add support for Freescale IOMMU (PAMU)

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Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:59:53 -0600
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Bharat Bhushan <Bharat.Bhushan@...escale.com>
CC:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"agraf@...e.de" <agraf@...e.de>,
	Yoder Stuart-B08248 <stuart.yoder@...escale.com>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9 v2] vfio-pci: add support for Freescale IOMMU (PAMU)

On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 22:11 -0600, Bharat Bhushan wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wood Scott-B07421
> > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 5:52 AM
> > To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
> > Cc: Alex Williamson; linux-pci@...r.kernel.org; agraf@...e.de; Yoder Stuart-
> > B08248; iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org; bhelgaas@...gle.com; linuxppc-
> > dev@...ts.ozlabs.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9 v2] vfio-pci: add support for Freescale IOMMU (PAMU)
> >
> > On Thu, 2013-11-28 at 03:19 -0600, Bharat Bhushan wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 9:39 PM
> > > > To: 'Alex Williamson'
> > > > Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; linux-pci@...r.kernel.org; agraf@...e.de;
> > > > Yoder Stuart- B08248; iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org;
> > > > bhelgaas@...gle.com; linuxppc- dev@...ts.ozlabs.org;
> > > > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > > > Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/9 v2] vfio-pci: add support for Freescale
> > > > IOMMU (PAMU)
> > > >
> > > > If we just provide the size of MSI bank to userspace then userspace
> > > > cannot do anything wrong.
> > >
> > > So userspace does not know address, so it cannot mmap and cause any
> > interference by directly reading/writing.
> >
> > That's security through obscurity...  Couldn't the malicious user find out the
> > address via other means, such as experimentation on another system over which
> > they have full control?  What would happen if the user reads from their device's
> > PCI config space?  Or gets the information via some back door in the PCI device
> > they own?  Or pokes throughout the address space looking for something that
> > generates an interrupt to its own device?
> 
> So how to solve this problem, Any suggestion ?
> 
> We have to map one window in PAMU for MSIs and a malicious user can ask
> its device to do DMA to MSI window region with any pair of address and
> data, which can lead to unexpected MSIs in system?

I don't think there are any solutions other than to limit each bank to
one user, unless the admin turns some knob that says they're OK with the
partial loss of isolation.

-Scott



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