linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] KVM: arm64: Block unsafe FF-A calls from the host

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Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:40:48 +0000
From:   Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
To:     Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Andrew Walbran <qwandor@...gle.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] KVM: arm64: Block unsafe FF-A calls from the host

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 05:03:26PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> 
> When KVM is initialised in protected mode, we must take care to filter
> certain FFA calls from the host kernel so that the integrity of guest
> and hypervisor memory is maintained and is not made available to the
> secure world.
> 
> As a first step, intercept and block all memory-related FF-A SMC calls
> from the host to EL3. This puts the framework in place for handling them
> properly.

Shouldn't FFA_FEATURES interception actually precede this patch? At this
point in the series we're outright lying about the supported features to
the host.

--
Thanks,
Oliver