linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] virt: tdx-guest: Handle GetQuote request error code

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Message-ID: <20240111112312.zdgkmfywscp2kvxw@box.shutemov.name>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:23:12 +0300
From: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] virt: tdx-guest: Handle GetQuote request error code

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 03:32:45AM +0000, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> During the TDX guest attestation process, TSM ConfigFS ABI is used by
> the user attestation agent to get the signed VM measurement data (a.k.a
> Quote), which can be used by a remote verifier to validate the
> trustworthiness of the guest. When a user requests for the Quote data
> via the ConfigFS ABI, the TDX Quote generation handler
> (tdx_report_new()) forwards the request to VMM (or QE) via a hypercall,
> and then shares the output with the user.
> 
> Currently, when handling the Quote generation request, tdx_report_new()
> handler only checks whether the VMM successfully processed the request
> and if it is true it returns success and shares the output to the user
> without actually validating the output data. Since the VMM can return
> error even after processing the Quote request, always returning success
> for the processed requests is incorrect and will create confusion to
> the user. Although for the failed request, output buffer length will
> be zero and can also be used by the user to identify the failure case,
> it will be more clear to return error for all failed cases.
> 
> Validate the Quote data output status and return error code for all
> failed cases.
> 
> Fixes: f4738f56d1dc ("virt: tdx-guest: Add Quote generation support using TSM_REPORTS")
> Reported-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-coco/6bdf569c-684a-4459-af7c-4430691804eb@linux.intel.com/T/#u
> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

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  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov