On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 03:52:19PM +0800, Xianting Tian wrote: > In theory untrusted remote host can pass a big or overflow value > of max_nr_ports to guest, it may cause guest system consumes > a lot of memory when create vqs and other impacts. How can you have a untrusted host? Can't they do a lot worse things than just this? > > Add the protection to guarantee max_nr_ports to get a safe value. > > Signed-off-by: Xianting Tian <xianting.tian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > index 7eaf303a7..bba985c81 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ > > #define is_rproc_enabled IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_REMOTEPROC) > > +#define MAX_NR_PORTS MAX_NR_HVC_CONSOLES How was this value picked? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
