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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/kvm.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h index e5af8c692dc0..1053e7c5eab9 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h @@ -192,11 +192,24 @@ struct kvm_xen_exit { /* Flags that describe what fields in emulation_failure hold valid data. */ #define KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION_FLAG_INSTRUCTION_BYTES (1ULL << 0) +/* + * struct kvm_run can be modified by userspace at any time, so KVM must be + * careful to avoid TOCTOU bugs. In order to protect KVM, HINT_UNSAFE_IN_KVM() + * renames fields in struct kvm_run from <symbol> to <symbol>__unsafe when + * compiled into the kernel, ensuring that any use within KVM is obvious and + * gets extra scrutiny. + */ +#ifdef __KERNEL__ +#define HINT_UNSAFE_IN_KVM(_symbol) _symbol##__unsafe +#else +#define HINT_UNSAFE_IN_KVM(_symbol) _symbol +#endif + /* for KVM_RUN, returned by mmap(vcpu_fd, offset=0) */ struct kvm_run { /* in */ __u8 request_interrupt_window; - __u8 immediate_exit; + __u8 HINT_UNSAFE_IN_KVM(immediate_exit); __u8 padding1[6]; /* out */ |