linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH hyperv-next] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Copy packets sent by Hyper-V out of the ring buffer

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Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 17:49:45 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     "Andrea Parri (Microsoft)" <parri.andrea@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kys@...rosoft.com,
        haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        mikelley@...rosoft.com, Andres Beltran <lkmlabelt@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH hyperv-next] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Copy packets sent by
 Hyper-V out of the ring buffer

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 06:14:39PM +0200, Andrea Parri (Microsoft) wrote:
> From: Andres Beltran <lkmlabelt@...il.com>
> 
> Pointers to ring-buffer packets sent by Hyper-V are used within the
> guest VM. Hyper-V can send packets with erroneous values or modify
> packet fields after they are processed by the guest. To defend
> against these scenarios, return a copy of the incoming VMBus packet
> after validating its length and offset fields in hv_pkt_iter_first().
> In this way, the packet can no longer be modified by the host.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andres Beltran <lkmlabelt@...il.com>
> Co-developed-by: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/channel.c              |  9 ++--
>  drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c             |  1 +
>  drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c               |  1 +
>  drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h         |  2 +-
>  drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c          | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h   |  7 +++
>  drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c       |  2 +
>  drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c |  2 +
>  drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c        | 10 ++++
>  include/linux/hyperv.h            | 48 +++++++++++++++---
>  net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c  |  4 +-
>  11 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

In theory this patch needs acks from network and scsi maintainers, but
the changes are so small and specific to Hyper-V drivers. In the
interest of making progress, I will be picking up this patch shortly
unless I hear objections.


Wei.