[dpdk-stable] [PATCH v17.08 0/9] Vhost: CVE-2018-1059 fixes

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Mon Apr 23 17:59:47 CEST 2018


This series fixes the security vulnerability referenced
as CVE-2018-1059.

Patches are already applied to the branch, but reviews
are encouraged. Any issues spotted would be fixed on top.


Maxime Coquelin (9):
  vhost: introduce safe API for GPA translation
  vhost: check all range is mapped when translating GPAs
  vhost: ensure all range is mapped when translating QVAs
  vhost: add support for non-contiguous indirect descs tables
  vhost: handle virtually non-contiguous buffers in Rx
  vhost: handle virtually non-contiguous buffers in Rx-mrg
  examples/vhost: move to safe GPA translation API
  examples/vhost_scsi: move to safe GPA translation API
  vhost: deprecate unsafe GPA translation API

 examples/vhost/virtio_net.c            |  94 ++++++++-
 examples/vhost_scsi/vhost_scsi.c       |  56 ++++-
 lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h           |  46 ++++
 lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map |   6 +
 lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c          |  45 ++--
 lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c          | 375 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 6 files changed, 544 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)

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2.14.3



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