xen/blkfront: force data bouncing when backend is untrusted

Split the current bounce buffering logic used with persistent grants
into it's own option, and allow enabling it independently of
persistent grants. This allows to reuse the same code paths to
perform the bounce buffering required to avoid leaking contiguous data
in shared pages not part of the request fragments.

Reporting whether the backend is to be trusted can be done using a
module parameter, or from the xenstore frontend path as set by the
toolstack when adding the device.

This is CVE-2022-33742, part of XSA-403.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <[e-mail]>

drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c

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 module_param_named(max_ring_page_order, xen_blkif_max_ring_order, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_ring_page_order, "Maximum order of pages to be used for the shared ring");
 
+static bool __read_mostly xen_blkif_trusted = true;
+module_param_named(trusted, xen_blkif_trusted, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(trusted, "Is the backend trusted");
+
 #define BLK_RING_SIZE(info)	\
 	__CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, XEN_PAGE_SIZE * (info)->nr_ring_pages)
 
···
 	unsigned int feature_discard:1;
 	unsigned int feature_secdiscard:1;
 	unsigned int feature_persistent:1;
+	unsigned int bounce:1;
 	unsigned int discard_granularity;
 	unsigned int discard_alignment;
 	/* Number of 4KB segments handled */
···
 		if (!gnt_list_entry)
 			goto out_of_memory;
 
-		if (info->feature_persistent) {
+		if (info->bounce) {
 			granted_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO);
 			if (!granted_page) {
 				kfree(gnt_list_entry);
···
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(gnt_list_entry, n,
 	                         &rinfo->grants, node) {
 		list_del(&gnt_list_entry->node);
-		if (info->feature_persistent)
+		if (info->bounce)
 			__free_page(gnt_list_entry->page);
 		kfree(gnt_list_entry);
 		i--;
···
 	/* Assign a gref to this page */
 	gnt_list_entry->gref = gnttab_claim_grant_reference(gref_head);
 	BUG_ON(gnt_list_entry->gref == -ENOSPC);
-	if (info->feature_persistent)
+	if (info->bounce)
 		grant_foreign_access(gnt_list_entry, info);
 	else {
 		/* Grant access to the GFN passed by the caller */
···
 	/* Assign a gref to this page */
 	gnt_list_entry->gref = gnttab_claim_grant_reference(gref_head);
 	BUG_ON(gnt_list_entry->gref == -ENOSPC);
-	if (!info->feature_persistent) {
+	if (!info->bounce) {
 		struct page *indirect_page;
 
 		/* Fetch a pre-allocated page to use for indirect grefs */
···
 		.grant_idx = 0,
 		.segments = NULL,
 		.rinfo = rinfo,
-		.need_copy = rq_data_dir(req) && info->feature_persistent,
+		.need_copy = rq_data_dir(req) && info->bounce,
 	};
 
 	/*
···
 {
 	blk_queue_write_cache(info->rq, info->feature_flush ? true : false,
 			      info->feature_fua ? true : false);
-	pr_info("blkfront: %s: %s %s %s %s %s\n",
+	pr_info("blkfront: %s: %s %s %s %s %s %s %s\n",
 		info->gd->disk_name, flush_info(info),
 		"persistent grants:", info->feature_persistent ?
 		"enabled;" : "disabled;", "indirect descriptors:",
-		info->max_indirect_segments ? "enabled;" : "disabled;");
+		info->max_indirect_segments ? "enabled;" : "disabled;",
+		"bounce buffer:", info->bounce ? "enabled" : "disabled;");
 }
 
 static int xen_translate_vdev(int vdevice, int *minor, unsigned int *offset)
···
 	if (!list_empty(&rinfo->indirect_pages)) {
 		struct page *indirect_page, *n;
 
-		BUG_ON(info->feature_persistent);
+		BUG_ON(info->bounce);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(indirect_page, n, &rinfo->indirect_pages, lru) {
 			list_del(&indirect_page->lru);
 			__free_page(indirect_page);
···
 							  NULL);
 				rinfo->persistent_gnts_c--;
 			}
-			if (info->feature_persistent)
+			if (info->bounce)
 				__free_page(persistent_gnt->page);
 			kfree(persistent_gnt);
 		}
···
 		for (j = 0; j < segs; j++) {
 			persistent_gnt = rinfo->shadow[i].grants_used[j];
 			gnttab_end_foreign_access(persistent_gnt->gref, NULL);
-			if (info->feature_persistent)
+			if (info->bounce)
 				__free_page(persistent_gnt->page);
 			kfree(persistent_gnt);
 		}
···
 	data.s = s;
 	num_sg = s->num_sg;
 
-	if (bret->operation == BLKIF_OP_READ && info->feature_persistent) {
+	if (bret->operation == BLKIF_OP_READ && info->bounce) {
 		for_each_sg(s->sg, sg, num_sg, i) {
 			BUG_ON(sg->offset + sg->length > PAGE_SIZE);
 
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 				 * Add the used indirect page back to the list of
 				 * available pages for indirect grefs.
 				 */
-				if (!info->feature_persistent) {
+				if (!info->bounce) {
 					indirect_page = s->indirect_grants[i]->page;
 					list_add(&indirect_page->lru, &rinfo->indirect_pages);
 				}
···
 
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Check if backend is trusted. */
+	info->bounce = !xen_blkif_trusted ||
+		       !xenbus_read_unsigned(dev->nodename, "trusted", 1);
 
 	max_page_order = xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
 					      "max-ring-page-order", 0);
···
 	if (err)
 		goto out_of_memory;
 
-	if (!info->feature_persistent && info->max_indirect_segments) {
+	if (!info->bounce && info->max_indirect_segments) {
 		/*
-		 * We are using indirect descriptors but not persistent
-		 * grants, we need to allocate a set of pages that can be
+		 * We are using indirect descriptors but don't have a bounce
+		 * buffer, we need to allocate a set of pages that can be
 		 * used for mapping indirect grefs
 		 */
 		int num = INDIRECT_GREFS(grants) * BLK_RING_SIZE(info);
···
 		info->feature_persistent =
 			!!xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
 					       "feature-persistent", 0);
+	if (info->feature_persistent)
+		info->bounce = true;
 
 	indirect_segments = xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
 					"feature-max-indirect-segments", 0);
···
 {
 	struct blkfront_info *info;
 	bool need_schedule_work = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Note that when using bounce buffers but not persistent grants
+	 * there's no need to run blkfront_delay_work because grants are
+	 * revoked in blkif_completion or else an error is reported and the
+	 * connection is closed.
+	 */
 
 	mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);