[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] net/i40e: perform basic validation on the VF messages

[Kevin Traynor]

On 01/10/2019 12:07 PM, Haiyue Wang wrote:
> Do the VF message basic validation such as OPCODE message length check,
> some special OPCODE message format check, to protect the i40e PMD from
> malicious VF message attack.
> 
> Fixes: 4861cde46116 ("i40e: new poll mode driver")
> 

Missing Cc: stable at dpdk.org ? or there is some reason not to backport?

> Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c
> index 092e0d3..d6e83e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c
> @@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@
>  	uint16_t vf_id = abs_vf_id - hw->func_caps.vf_base_id;
>  	struct rte_pmd_i40e_mb_event_param ret_param;
>  	bool b_op = TRUE;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	if (vf_id > pf->vf_num - 1 || !pf->vfs) {
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "invalid argument");
> @@ -1309,6 +1310,30 @@
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	/* perform basic checks on the msg */
> +	ret = virtchnl_vc_validate_vf_msg(&vf->version, opcode, msg, msglen);
> +
> +	/* perform additional checks specific to this driver */
> +	if (opcode == VIRTCHNL_OP_CONFIG_RSS_KEY) {
> +		struct virtchnl_rss_key *vrk = (struct virtchnl_rss_key *)msg;
> +
> +		if (vrk->key_len != ((I40E_PFQF_HKEY_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4))
> +			ret = VIRTCHNL_ERR_PARAM;
> +	} else if (opcode == VIRTCHNL_OP_CONFIG_RSS_LUT) {
> +		struct virtchnl_rss_lut *vrl = (struct virtchnl_rss_lut *)msg;
> +
> +		if (vrl->lut_entries != ((I40E_VFQF_HLUT1_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4))
> +			ret = VIRTCHNL_ERR_PARAM;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (ret) {
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid message from VF %u, opcode %u, len %u",
> +			    vf_id, opcode, msglen);
> +		i40e_pf_host_send_msg_to_vf(vf, opcode,
> +					    I40E_ERR_PARAM, NULL, 0);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  	/**
>  	 * initialise structure to send to user application
>  	 * will return response from user in retval field
>