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authorAlbert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com>2024-02-19 15:34:19 +0100
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2024-03-12 17:56:55 -0400
commit043e127a126bb3ceb5fc753deee27d261fd0c5ce (patch)
treed46031e527c6137973353582c1f33b530541f395 /docs
parent633487df8d303b37a88584d5a57a39dbcd91c7bf (diff)
hw/virtio: check owner for removing objects
Shared objects lack spoofing protection. For VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE messages received by the vhost-user interface, any backend was allowed to remove entries from the shared table just by knowing the UUID. Only the owner of the entry shall be allowed to removed their resources from the table. To fix that, add a check for all *SHARED_OBJECT_REMOVE messages received. A vhost device can only remove TYPE_VHOST_DEV entries that are owned by them, otherwise skip the removal, and inform the device that the entry has not been removed in the answer. Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com> Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20240219143423.272012-2-aesteve@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
index d1ed39dfa0..d8419fd2f1 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
@@ -1839,7 +1839,9 @@ is sent by the front-end.
When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT`` protocol
feature has been successfully negotiated, this message can be submitted
by the backend to remove themselves from to the virtio-dmabuf shared
- table API. The shared table will remove the back-end device associated with
+ table API. Only the back-end owning the entry (i.e., the one that first added
+ it) will have permission to remove it. Otherwise, the message is ignored.
+ The shared table will remove the back-end device associated with
the UUID. If ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK`` is negotiated, and the
back-end sets the ``VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY`` flag, the front-end must respond
with zero when operation is successfully completed, or non-zero otherwise.