Re: [PATCH] x86/xen: allow userspace access during hypercalls

From: Marek Marczykowski-GÃrecki
Date: Mon Jun 26 2017 - 08:46:50 EST


On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 02:05:48PM +0200, Juergen Groà wrote:
> On 06/23/2017 02:47 PM, Marek Marczykowski-GÃrecki wrote:
> > Userspace application can do a hypercall through /dev/xen/privcmd, and
> > some for some hypercalls argument is a pointers to user-provided
> > structure. When SMAP is supported and enabled, hypervisor can't access.
> > So, lets allow it.
>
> What about HYPERVISOR_dm_op?

Indeed, arguments copied to kernel space there are only addresses of
buffers. Will send v2 in a moment.
But I can't test it right now, as for my understanding this require
HVM/PVHv2 dom0 or stubdomain...

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Marek Marczykowski-GÃrecki
Invisible Things Lab
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