[arm64] secure boot breach via VFIO_NOIOMMU

Bastian Blank <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:45:01 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.security,gmane.linux.debian.devel.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi

Over six years ago, support for VFIO without IOMMU was enabled for
arm64.  This is a breach of the integrity lockdown requirement of secure
boot.

VFIO is a framework for handle devices in userspace.  To make
this safe, an IOMMU is required by default.  Without it, user space can
write everywhere in memory.  The code is still not conditional on
lockdown, even if a patch was proposed.

I intend to disable this option for all supported kernels.

Regards,
Bastian