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From: Ahmed Abd El Mawgood <ahmedsoliman0x666@gmail.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	rkrcmar@redhat.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	ahmedsoliman0x666@gmail.com, ovich00@gmail.com,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, nigel.edwards@hpe.com,
	Boris Lukashev <blukashev@sempervictus.com>,
	Hossam Hassan <7ossam9063@gmail.com>,
	"Ahmed Lotfy igor . stoppa @ gmail . com"
	<A7med.lotfey@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH V6 3/8] KVM: Document Memory ROE
Date: Sun,  4 Nov 2018 19:11:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181104171124.5717-4-ahmedsoliman0x666@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181104171124.5717-1-ahmedsoliman0x666@gmail.com>

ROE version documented here is implemented in the next 2 patches

Signed-off-by: Ahmed Abd El Mawgood <ahmedsoliman0x666@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
index da24c138c8d1..8af64d826f03 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
@@ -141,3 +141,34 @@ a0 corresponds to the APIC ID in the third argument (a2), bit 1
 corresponds to the APIC ID a2+1, and so on.
 
 Returns the number of CPUs to which the IPIs were delivered successfully.
+
+7. KVM_HC_ROE
+----------------
+Architecture: x86
+Status: active
+Purpose: Hypercall used to apply Read-Only Enforcement to guest memory and
+registers
+Usage 1:
+     a0: ROE_VERSION
+
+Returns non-signed number that represents the current version of ROE
+implementation current version.
+
+Usage 2:
+
+     a0: ROE_MPROTECT	(requires version >= 1)
+     a1: Start address aligned to page boundary.
+     a2: Number of pages to be protected.
+
+This configuration lets a guest kernel have part of its read/write memory
+converted into read-only.  This action is irreversible.
+Upon successful run, the number of pages protected is returned.
+
+Error codes:
+	-KVM_ENOSYS: system call being triggered from ring 3 or it is not
+	implemented.
+	-EINVAL: error based on given parameters.
+
+Notes: KVM_HC_ROE can not be triggered from guest Ring 3 (user mode). The
+reason is that user mode malicious software can make use of it to enforce read
+only protection on an arbitrary memory page thus crashing the kernel.
-- 
2.18.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-11-04 17:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-04 17:11 [PATCH V6 0/8] KVM: X86: Introducing ROE Protection Kernel Hardening Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 1/8] KVM: State whether memory should be freed in kvm_free_memslot Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 2/8] KVM: X86: Add arbitrary data pointer in kvm memslot iterator functions Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` Ahmed Abd El Mawgood [this message]
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 4/8] KVM: Create architecture independent ROE skeleton Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 5/8] KVM: X86: Enable ROE for x86 Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 6/8] KVM: Add support for byte granular memory ROE Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 7/8] KVM: X86: Port ROE_MPROTECT_CHUNK to x86 Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-04 17:11 ` [PATCH V6 8/8] KVM: Log ROE violations in system log Ahmed Abd El Mawgood
2018-11-08 20:25 ` [PATCH V6 0/8] KVM: X86: Introducing ROE Protection Kernel Hardening Paolo Bonzini
2018-11-08 20:54   ` Ahmed Soliman

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