> > +
> > +static int snp_set_instance_certs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
> > +{
> [...]
>
> Here we set the length to the page-aligned value, but we copy only
> params.cert_len bytes. If there are two subsequent
> snp_set_instance_certs() calls where the second one has a shorter
> length, we might "keep" some leftover bytes from the first call.
>
> Consider:
> 1. snp_set_instance_certs(certs_addr point to "AAA...", certs_len=8192)
> 2. snp_set_instance_certs(certs_addr point to "BBB...", certs_len=4097)
>
> If I understand correctly, on the second call we'll copy 4097 "BBB..."
> bytes into the to_certs buffer, but length will be (4096 + PAGE_SIZE -
> 1) & PAGE_MASK which will be 8192.
>
> Later when fetching the certs (for the extended report or in
> snp_get_instance_certs()) the user will get a buffer of 8192 bytes
> filled with 4097 BBBs and 4095 leftover AAAs.
>
> Maybe zero sev->snp_certs_data entirely before writing to it?
>
Yes, I agree it should be zeroed, at least if the previous length is
greater than the new length. Good catch.
> Related question (not only for this patch) regarding snp_certs_data
> (host or per-instance): why is its size page-aligned at all? why is it
> limited by 16KB or 20KB? If I understand correctly, for SNP, this buffer
> is never sent to the PSP.
>
The buffer is meant to be copied into the guest driver following the
GHCB extended guest request protocol. The data to copy back are
expected to be in 4K page granularity.
> [...]
> >
> > -#define SEV_FW_BLOB_MAX_SIZE 0x4000 /* 16KB */
> > +#define SEV_FW_BLOB_MAX_SIZE 0x5000 /* 20KB */
> >
>
> This has effects in drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> (for
> example in alloc_snp_host_map). Is that OK?
>
No, this was a mistake of mine because I was using a bloated data
encoding that needed 5 pages for the GUID table plus 4 small
certificates. I've since fixed that in our user space code.
We shouldn't change this size and instead wait for a better size
negotiation protocol between the guest and host to avoid this awkward
hard-coding.
--
-Dionna Glaze, PhD (she/her)
