From: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@google.com>
To: catalin.marinas@arm.com, maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org,
sudeep.holla@kernel.org, will@kernel.org
Cc: joey.gouly@arm.com, korneld@google.com, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, android-kvm@google.com,
mrigendra.chaubey@gmail.com, perlarsen@google.com,
sebastianene@google.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
vdonnefort@google.com, yuzenghui@huawei.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] arm_ffa, KVM: Fix FF-A emad offset calculations
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:02:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430160241.1934777-1-sebastianene@google.com> (raw)
Hi all,
This series fixes the Endpoint Memory Access Descriptor (EMAD) offset calculations
and adds the necessary bounds checks for both the core FF-A driver and the pKVM
hypervisor.
Prior to FF-A version 1.1, the memory region header didn't specify an explicit offset
for the EMADs, leading to the assumption that they immediately follow the header.
However, from v1.1 onwards, the specification dictates using the `ep_mem_offset` field
to determine the start of the memory access array.
The patches in this series address this by:
1. Updating the core `arm_ffa` firmware driver to correctly calculate the descriptor
offset using `ep_mem_offset` rather than defaulting to `sizeof(struct ffa_mem_region)`.
It also introduces bounds checking against `max_fragsize`.
2. Enhancing the pKVM hypervisor validation logic to no longer strictly enforce that
the descriptor strictly follows the header, aligning it with the driver behavior
and the FF-A specification, while also ensuring the offset falls within the mailbox
buffer bounds.
Changes since v1:
- For pKVM, removed the strict placement enforcement for `ep_mem_offset` as it is not
compliant with the spec, and avoids making assumptions about the driver's memory
layout.
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ae9KN9nkOgDYJcGP@google.com/T/#t
Sebastian Ene (2):
firmware: arm_ffa: Fix Endpoint Memory Access Descriptor offset
calculation
KVM: arm64: Validate the offset to the mem access descriptor
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c | 14 ++++++++++----
include/linux/arm_ffa.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
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2026-04-30 16:02 Sebastian Ene [this message]
2026-04-30 16:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] firmware: arm_ffa: Fix Endpoint Memory Access Descriptor offset calculation Sebastian Ene
2026-04-30 16:02 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: Validate the offset to the mem access descriptor Sebastian Ene
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