[PATCH v3 0/7] KVM: arm64: Forward FFA_NOTIFICATION* calls to TrustZone
From: Sebastian Ene <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-16 10:54:24
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Remove the FFA_NOTIFICATION* calls from the blocklist used by the pKVM FF-A proxy. This restriction was preventing the use of asynchronous signaling mechanisms defined by the Arm FF-A specification to communicate with the secure services. While these calls are markes as optional, there is no reason why the hypervisor proxy would block them because: 1. Host is the Sole Non-Secure Endpoint: The Host operates as the only Non-Secure VM ID (VM ID 0) recognized by the Secure World. Because all forwarded notifications are inherently attributed to the Host by the SPMC, there is no risk of VM ID spoofing originating from the Normal World. 2. No Memory Pointers or Addresses: The FFA_NOTIFICATION_* ABIs operate strictly via register-based parameters, passing only VM IDs, VCPU IDs, flags, and bitmaps. Because these calls do not contain memory addresses, offsets, or pointers, forwarding them doesn't pose a risk of memory-based confused deputy attack (e.g., tricking the SPMC into overwriting protected memory). While the pKVM proxy behaves as a relayer, it doesn't currently have its own FF-A ID(only the host has the ID 0). The behavior of the setup flow is covered by the spec in the: '10.9 Notification support without a Hypervisor'. --- Changes in v3: - applied Will's suggestion to use the introduced method ffa_check_unused_args_sbz for existing calls and added a new patch in the beggining of the series to do this. - merged the handling of FFA_NOTIFICATION_BITMAP_CREATE/FFA_NOTIFICATION_BITMAP_DESTROY into one patch as Vincent suggested and create one handler for both. Changes in v2: - enforce the MBZ/SBZ fields - split the calls into separate patches - rebase on 7.1-rc7 Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260608165549.1479409-1-sebastianene@google.com/ (local) Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260501114447.2389222-2-sebastianene@google.com/ (local) Sebastian Ene (7): KVM: arm64: Enforce strict SBZ checks in the FF-A proxy KVM: arm64: Forward FFA_NOTIFICATION_BITMAP calls to Trustzone KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_BIND in host handler KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_UNBIND in host handler KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_SET in host handler KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_GET in host handler KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_INFO_GET in host handler arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c | 205 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 197 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog