Re: [patch] crypto: ccp - Avoid page allocation failure warning for SEV_GET_ID2

[Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>]

On 12/30/22 16:18, David Rientjes wrote:
> For SEV_GET_ID2, the user provided length does not have a specified
> limitation because the length of the ID may change in the future.  The
> kernel memory allocation, however, is implicitly limited to 4MB on x86 by
> the page allocator, otherwise the kzalloc() will fail.
> 
> When this happens, it is best not to spam the kernel log with the warning.
> Simply fail the allocation and return ENOMEM to the user.
> 
> Fixes: d6112ea0cb34 ("crypto: ccp - introduce SEV_GET_ID2 command")
> Reported-by: Andy Nguyen <theflow@google.com>
> Reported-by: Peter Gonda <pgonda@google.com>
> Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> ---
>   drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c | 9 ++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> @@ -881,7 +881,14 @@ static int sev_ioctl_do_get_id2(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp)
>   	input_address = (void __user *)input.address;
>   
>   	if (input.address && input.length) {
> -		id_blob = kzalloc(input.length, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		/*
> +		 * The length of the ID shouldn't be assumed by software since
> +		 * it may change in the future.  The allocation size is limited
> +		 * to 1 << (PAGE_SHIFT + MAX_ORDER - 1) by the page allocator.
> +		 * If the allocation fails, simply return ENOMEM rather than
> +		 * warning in the kernel log.
> +		 */
> +		id_blob = kzalloc(input.length, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);

We could do this or we could have the driver invoke the API with a zero 
length to get the minimum buffer size needed for the call. The driver 
could then perform some validation checks comparing the supplied 
input.length to the returned length. If the driver can proceed, then if 
input.length is exactly 2x the minimum length, then kzalloc the 2 * 
minimum length, otherwise kzalloc the minimum length. This is a bit more 
complicated, though, compared to this fix.

Either way, is fine with me. Thoughts?

Thanks,
Tom

>   		if (!id_blob)
>   			return -ENOMEM;
>