Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Jul 02 2018 - 13:15:35 EST


On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 12:36 AM, Auger Eric <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Kees,
>
> On 06/29/2018 08:46 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
>> switches to using a maximum size and adds sanity checks. Additionally
>> cleans up some of the int-vs-u32 usage and adds additional bounds checking.
>> As it currently stands, this will always be 8 bytes until the ABI changes.
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>> index 4ed79c939fb4..3143fc047fcf 100644
>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>> @@ -168,8 +168,14 @@ struct vgic_its_abi {
>> int (*commit)(struct vgic_its *its);
>> };
>>
>> +#define ABI_0_ESZ 8
>> +#define ESZ_MAX ABI_0_ESZ
>> +
>> static const struct vgic_its_abi its_table_abi_versions[] = {
>> - [0] = {.cte_esz = 8, .dte_esz = 8, .ite_esz = 8,
>> + [0] = {
>> + .cte_esz = ABI_0_ESZ,
>> + .dte_esz = ABI_0_ESZ,
>> + .ite_esz = ABI_0_ESZ,
>> .save_tables = vgic_its_save_tables_v0,
>> .restore_tables = vgic_its_restore_tables_v0,
>> .commit = vgic_its_commit_v0,
>> @@ -180,10 +186,12 @@ static const struct vgic_its_abi its_table_abi_versions[] = {
>>
>> inline const struct vgic_its_abi *vgic_its_get_abi(struct vgic_its *its)
>> {
>> + if (WARN_ON(its->abi_rev >= NR_ITS_ABIS))
>> + return NULL;
>> return &its_table_abi_versions[its->abi_rev];
>> }
>>
>> -int vgic_its_set_abi(struct vgic_its *its, int rev)
>> +static int vgic_its_set_abi(struct vgic_its *its, u32 rev)
>> {
> if vgic_its_get_abi is likely to return NULL, don't we need to check abi
> != NULL in all call sites.

My thinking was that since it should never happen, a WARN_ON would be
sufficient. But I can drop all these changes if you want. I just
wanted to see the VLA removed. :)

-Kees

>
> abi_rev is actually set by vgic_its_set_abi() which is actually called
> by vgic_mmio_uaccess_write_its_iidr() and vgic_its_create().
>
> Only vgic_mmio_uaccess_write_its_iidr allows the userspace to overwrite
> the default abi_rev. At this point a check against NR_ITS_ABIS is
> already done. So to me the check is done at the source?
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric
>> const struct vgic_its_abi *abi;
>>
>> @@ -1881,16 +1889,19 @@ typedef int (*entry_fn_t)(struct vgic_its *its, u32 id, void *entry,
>> * Return: < 0 on error, 0 if last element was identified, 1 otherwise
>> * (the last element may not be found on second level tables)
>> */
>> -static int scan_its_table(struct vgic_its *its, gpa_t base, int size, int esz,
>> +static int scan_its_table(struct vgic_its *its, gpa_t base, int size, u32 esz,
>> int start_id, entry_fn_t fn, void *opaque)
>> {
>> struct kvm *kvm = its->dev->kvm;
>> unsigned long len = size;
>> int id = start_id;
>> gpa_t gpa = base;
>> - char entry[esz];
>> + char entry[ESZ_MAX];
>> int ret;
>>
>> + if (WARN_ON(esz > ESZ_MAX))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> memset(entry, 0, esz);
>>
>> while (len > 0) {
>>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security