RE: [PATCH] RDMA/i40iw: Fix a mmap handler exploitation

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/i40iw: Fix a mmap handler exploitation
> 
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 11:56:36PM +0000, Saleem, Shiraz wrote:
> 
> > Well, the push feature is disabled by default and today there will be
> > no push page mmap from user-space since uresp.push_idx is an invalid
> > one. Its disabled for good reason as its not working as expected.
> > There is an option to turn it on via module param but that does not
> > work as expected still resulting in an invalid uresp.push_idx passed
> > to user-space and no mmap.
> >
> > So isn’t it better to just remove the push related code in the driver?
> > which should also remove the manipulation on the vm_pgoff I believe.
> 
> Yes, delete all the push code, module param, etc. Set the invalid push_idx, verify
> vm_pgoff == 0 and hardwire the pfn to be a single BAR page.
> 
> Can you send a patch soon?

Yes.




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