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From:   Peter Gonda <pgonda@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2022 19:33:23 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/4] virt: sev-guest: Remove err in handle_guest_request
To:     Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>, Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com>,
        Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>,
        Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
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On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 5:01 PM Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com> wrote:
>
> The err variable may not be set in the call to snp_issue_guest_request,
> yet it is unconditionally written back to fw_err if fw_err is non-null.
> This is undefined behavior, and currently returns uninitialized kernel
> stack memory to user space.
>
> The fw_err argument is better to just pass through to
> snp_issue_guest_request, so we do that by passing along the ioctl
> argument. This removes the need for an argument to handle_guest_request.
>
> Cc: Tom Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
> Cc: Peter Gonda <pgonda@google.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com>
> Cc: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
> Cc: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
>
> Fixes: fce96cf04430 ("virt: Add SEV-SNP guest driver")
> Signed-off-by: Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Peter Gonda <pgonda@google.com>