linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 23/75] x86/boot/compressed/64: Setup GHCB Based VC Exception handler

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jun 2020 12:08:57 +0200
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Cfir Cohen <cfir@...gle.com>,
        Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mike Stunes <mstunes@...are.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 23/75] x86/boot/compressed/64: Setup GHCB Based VC
 Exception handler

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:07:09PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 05:16:33PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > @@ -63,3 +175,45 @@ void __init do_vc_no_ghcb(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exit_code)
> >  	while (true)
> >  		asm volatile("hlt\n");
> >  }
> > +
> > +static enum es_result vc_insn_string_read(struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt,
> > +					  void *src, char *buf,
> > +					  unsigned int data_size,
> > +					  unsigned int count,
> > +					  bool backwards)
> > +{
> > +	int i, b = backwards ? -1 : 1;
> > +	enum es_result ret = ES_OK;
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> > +		void *s = src + (i * data_size * b);
> > +		char *d = buf + (i * data_size);
> 
> >From a previous review:
> 
> Where are we checking whether that count is not exceeding @buf or
> similar discrepancies?

These two functions are only called from vc_handle_ioio() and buf always
points to ghcb->shared_buffer.

In general, the caller has to make sure that sizeof(*buf) is at least
data_size*count, and handle_ioio() calculates count based on the size of
*buf.


	Joerg