On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 08:49:49AM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> 2032 => sizeof(ghcb->shared_buffer) ?
Or that.
> The idea is that a full snp_psc_desc structure is meant to fit completely in
> the shared_buffer area. So if there are no compile time checks, then the
> code on the HV side will need to ensure that the input doesn't cause the HV
> to access the structure outside of the shared_buffer area - which, IIRC, it
> does (think protect against a malicious guest), so the min_t() on the memcpy
> should be safe on the guest side.
>
> But given the snp_psc_desc is sized/meant to fit completely in the
> shared_buffer, a compile time check would be a good idea, too, right?
If the desc thing is meant to fit, then a compile-time check is also a
good way to express that intention. So yeah.
Thx.
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