Re: [PATCH v2] hv_netvsc: Add (more) validation for untrusted Hyper-V values

[Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 03:10:32PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 02:02:01PM +0100, Andrea Parri wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 08:30:22PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:26:28 +0100 Andrea Parri (Microsoft) wrote:
> > > > For additional robustness in the face of Hyper-V errors or malicious
> > > > behavior, validate all values that originate from packets that Hyper-V
> > > > has sent to the guest.  Ensure that invalid values cannot cause indexing
> > > > off the end of an array, or subvert an existing validation via integer
> > > > overflow.  Ensure that outgoing packets do not have any leftover guest
> > > > memory that has not been zeroed out.
> > > > 
> > > > Reported-by: Juan Vazquez <juvazq@microsoft.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> > > > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
> > > > Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
> > > > Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
> > > > Cc: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
> > > > Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
> > > > ---
> > > > Applies to 5.11-rc3 (and hyperv-next).
> > > 
> > > So this is for hyperv-next or should we take it via netdev trees?
> > 
> > No preference, either way is good for me.
> 
> To be clear: There is no dependency on any patch in hyperv-next, right?
> 
> That's my understanding, but I would like to confirm it.

Well, I wrote that this *applies* to hyperv-next... but that's indeed
the only 'dependency' I can think of.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
  Andrea