linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: Allow only the specified FF-A calls to be forwarded to TZ

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:59:00 +0000
From: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@...gle.com>
To: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
Cc: catalin.marinas@....com, james.morse@....com, jean-philippe@...aro.org,
	maz@...nel.org, qperret@...gle.com, qwandor@...gle.com,
	suzuki.poulose@....com, tabba@...gle.com, will@...nel.org,
	yuzenghui@...wei.com, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: Allow only the specified FF-A calls to
 be forwarded to TZ

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 01:42:26AM -0700, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:29:39AM +0000, Sebastian Ene wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 07:07:52PM -0700, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:43:03PM +0000, Sebastian Ene wrote:
> > > > The previous logic used a deny list to filter the FF-A calls. Because of
> > > > this, some of the calls escaped the check and they were forwarded by
> > > > default to Trustzone. (eg. FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ was denied but the 64
> > > > bit version of the call was not).
> > > > Modify the logic to use an allowlist and allow only the calls specified in
> > > > the filter function to be proxied to TZ from the hypervisor.
> > 
> > Hi Oliver,
> > 
> > > 
> > > I had discussed this with Will back when the feature was upstreamed and
> > > he said there's a lot of off-label calls that necessitate a denylist
> > > implementation. Has anything changed to give us confidence that we can
> > > be restrictive, at least on the FF-A range?
> > > 
> > 
> > I remember your proposal for having an allowlist instead. The current change makes
> > sense if we have https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20240322124303.309423-1-sebastianene@google.com/
> > which opens the window for more FF-A calls to be forwarded to TZ.
> 
> Got it. Last time I didn't catch the level of abuse we expect to endure
> from vendors, but now it seems we will not support non-conforming calls
> that appear in standardized SMC ranges.
> 
> Adding mention of this to the changelog might be a good idea then.
> 

That's a good point. I didn't create a changelog for this but I should
add one and specify this.

> -- 
> Thanks,
> Oliver

Thanks,
Sebastian