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| author | Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> | 2019-02-15 12:48:39 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-04-03 06:23:28 +0200 |
| commit | 9aacea736c9a218d04cb01fff289a35d67d358cf (patch) | |
| tree | f89893dd521e099f9da319a4b6d8a43a02e7f5eb /Documentation | |
| parent | 5ce6e5bd23f01ac83d912887267e60c319fda969 (diff) | |
KVM: Reject device ioctls from processes other than the VM's creator
commit ddba91801aeb5c160b660caed1800eb3aef403f8 upstream.
KVM's API requires thats ioctls must be issued from the same process
that created the VM. In other words, userspace can play games with a
VM's file descriptors, e.g. fork(), SCM_RIGHTS, etc..., but only the
creator can do anything useful. Explicitly reject device ioctls that
are issued by a process other than the VM's creator, and update KVM's
API documentation to extend its requirements to device ioctls.
Fixes: 852b6d57dc7f ("kvm: add device control API")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index df8ab4fc240a..496673adcb6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes - VM ioctls: These query and set attributes that affect an entire virtual machine, for example memory layout. In addition a VM ioctl is used to - create virtual cpus (vcpus). + create virtual cpus (vcpus) and devices. Only run VM ioctls from the same process (address space) that was used to create the VM. @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the vcpu. + - device ioctls: These query and set attributes that control the operation + of a single device. + + device ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that + was used to create the VM. 2. File descriptors ------------------- @@ -32,10 +37,11 @@ The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM -ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl on a VM fd will create a virtual cpu -and return a file descriptor pointing to it. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu -fd can be used to control the vcpu, including the important task of -actually running guest code. +ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will +create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to +the new resource. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu or device fd can be used +to control the vcpu or device. For vcpus, this includes the important +task of actually running guest code. In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket. These |