linux-kernel - Re: [Resend RFC PATCH V2 08/12] UIO/Hyper-V: Not load UIO HV driver in the isolation VM.

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Message-ID: <20210414091738.3df4bed5@hermes.local>
Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:17:38 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Tianyu Lan <ltykernel@...il.com>, kys@...rosoft.com,
        haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [Resend RFC PATCH V2 08/12] UIO/Hyper-V: Not load UIO HV driver
 in the isolation VM.

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:45:51 +0200
Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:49:41AM -0400, Tianyu Lan wrote:
> > From: Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>
> > 
> > UIO HV driver should not load in the isolation VM for security reason.
> > Return ENOTSUPP in the hv_uio_probe() in the isolation VM.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>

This is debatable, in isolation VM's shouldn't userspace take responsibility
to validate host communication. If that is an issue please participate with
the DPDK community (main user of this) to make sure netvsc userspace driver
has the required checks.