From: Per Larsen via B4 Relay <devnull+perlarsen.google.com@kernel.org>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>,
Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Cc: Sebastien Ene <sebastianene@google.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Per Larsen <perlarsen@google.com>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v7 0/3] KVM: arm64: Support FF-A direct messaging interfaces
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:08:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260830-host-direct-messages-v7-0-45f6e6db72c2@google.com> (raw)
Block host-initiated FF-A direct responses.
Support FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ unconditionally.
Support FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ2 if hypervisor negotiated version 1.2+.
Framework messages (FF-A control plane) are filtered out. For
FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ, we look at flags in w2. Messages using the REQ2
interface are always partition messages.
The third patch was part of a previous patch set [0] but was dropped
since the use case was unclear. A clear use case has now appeared: use
TPM device with CRB over FF-A when kernel boots with pkvm [1].
Tested by booting Android under QEMU.
Best Regards,
Per
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250730-virtio-msg-ffa-v9-0-7f1b55c8d149@google.com/
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251027191729.1704744-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com/
Signed-off-by: Per Larsen <perlarsen@google.com>
---
Changes in v7:
- New patch 1/3: block FFA_FN64_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP. Only the 32-bit
variant was denied, so the host could send unvalidated 64-bit direct
responses to EL3, including a forged sender endpoint ID
- Use hyp_smccc_1_2_smc() so the call is bracketed by hyp_exit/hyp_enter;
the pass-through path already traced these calls
- Declare endp/flags as u64 and reject a non-zero x1[63:32]: these are
w1/w2, but the raw 64-bit registers are forwarded to EL3
- Pass the canonicalised func_id to do_ffa_direct_msg() rather than
re-reading x0, which still carries ARM_SMCCC_CALL_HINTS
- Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260501-host-direct-messages-v6-0-3f4af727ed85@google.com
Changes in v6:
- 1/2: validate that bits 31:16 of w1 is HOST_FFA_ID.
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260121-host-direct-messages-v5-0-2c1614c94e80@google.com
Changes in v5:
- 1/2: do_ffa_direct_msg: validate that sender is HOST_FFA_ID.
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260109-host-direct-messages-v4-0-95da4221d186@google.com
Changes in v4:
- 1/2: do_ffa_direct_msg: check that flag in w2 is zero; drop unused vm_handle parameter.
- 2/2: ffa_call_supported: simplify logic by reordering cases.
- do_ffa_direct_msg: switch polarity of check and update comment.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251119-host-direct-messages-v3-0-c74d04944b26@google.com
Changes in v3:
- Filter out framework messages as suggested by Will Deacon. Update cover letter accordingly.
- Update trailers: Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251030-host-direct-messages-v2-0-9f27cef36730@google.com
Changes in v2:
- 1/2: Drop support for FFA_ID_GET interface in host handler.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251030-host-direct-messages-v1-0-463e57871c8f@google.com
---
Per Larsen (2):
KVM: arm64: Block host-initiated FF-A direct responses
KVM: arm64: Support FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ2 in host handler
Sebastian Ene (1):
KVM: arm64: Support FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ in host handler
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/arm_ffa.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935
change-id: 20251029-host-direct-messages-5201d7f55abd
Best regards,
--
Per Larsen <perlarsen@google.com>
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2026-08-30 23:08 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] KVM: arm64: Block host-initiated FF-A direct responses Per Larsen via B4 Relay
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