[PATCH v2 1/7] genirq/msi: Store the IOMMU IOVA directly in msi_desc instead of iommu_cookie

Thomas Gleixner tglx at linutronix.de
Fri Feb 21 01:28:20 PST 2025


On Wed, Feb 19 2025 at 17:31, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> Fix the MSI cookie UAF by removing the cookie pointer. The translated IOVA
> address is already known during iommu_dma_prepare_msi() and cannot change.
> Thus, it can simply be stored as an integer in the MSI descriptor.
>
> A following patch will fix the other UAF in iommu_get_domain_for_dev(), by
> using the IOMMU group mutex.

"A following patch" has no meaning once the current one is
applied. Simply say:

  The other UAF in iommu_get_domain_for_dev() will be addressed
  seperately, by ....

> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc at nvidia.com>

With that fixed:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>



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