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Converted from Markdown to rST using: $> pandoc -f markdown -t rst security-process.md \ -o security-process.rst It's a 1-1 conversion (I double-checked to the best I could). I've also checked that the hyperlinks work correctly post-conversion. [1] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-11/msg04002.html [2] https://www.qemu.org/contribute/security-process Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell --- docs/devel/index.rst | 1 + docs/devel/security-process.rst | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 191 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/devel/security-process.rst diff --git a/docs/devel/index.rst b/docs/devel/index.rst index afd937535e..424eff9294 100644 --- a/docs/devel/index.rst +++ b/docs/devel/index.rst @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ modifying QEMU's source code. trivial-patches submitting-a-patch submitting-a-pull-request + security-process diff --git a/docs/devel/security-process.rst b/docs/devel/security-process.= rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..965d11f588 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/devel/security-process.rst @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +.. _security-process: + +Security Process +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +Please report any suspected security issue in QEMU to the security +mailing list at: + +- ` `__ + +To report an issue via `GPG `__ encrypted email, +please send it to the Red Hat Product Security team at: + +- ` `__ + +**Note:** after the triage, encrypted issue details shall be sent to the +upstream \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdqemu-security\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd mailing list fo= r archival purposes. + +How to report an issue +---------------------- + +- Please include as many details as possible in the issue report. Ex: + + - QEMU version, upstream commit/tag + - Host & Guest architecture x86/Arm/PPC, 32/64 bit etc. + - Affected code area/snippets + - Stack traces, crash details + - Malicious inputs/reproducer steps etc. + - Any configurations/settings required to trigger the issue. + +- Please share the QEMU command line used to invoke a guest VM. + +- Please specify whom to acknowledge for reporting this issue. + +How we respond +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- Process of handling security issues comprises following steps: + + 0) **Acknowledge:** + + - A non-automated response email is sent to the reporter(s) to + acknowledge the reception of the report. (*60 day\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds= counter starts + here*) + + 1) **Triage:** + + - Examine the issue details and confirm whether the issue is genuine + - Validate if it can be misused for malicious purposes + - Determine its worst case impact and severity + [Low/Moderate/Important/Critical] + + 2) **Response:** + + - Negotiate embargo timeline (if required, depending on severity) + - Request a `CVE `__ and open an + upstream `bug `__ + - Create an upstream fix patch annotated with + + - CVE-ID + - Link to an upstream bugzilla + - Reported-by, Tested-by etc. tags + + - Once the patch is merged, close the upstream bug with a link to + the commit + + - Fixed in: + +- Above security lists are operated by select analysts, maintainers + and/or representatives from downstream communities. + +- List members follow a **responsible disclosure** policy. Any + non-public information you share about security issues, is kept + confidential within members of the QEMU security team and a minimal + supporting staff in their affiliated companies. Such information will + not be disclosed to third party organisations/individuals without + prior permission from the reporter(s). + +- We aim to process security issues within maximum of **60 days**. That + is not to say that issues will remain private for 60 days, nope. + After the triaging step above + + - If severity of the issue is sufficiently low, an upstream public + bug will be created immediately. + - If severity of the issue requires co-ordinated disclosure at a + future date, then the embargo process below is followed, and + upstream bug will be opened at the end of the embargo period. + + This will allow upstream contributors to create, test and track fix + patch(es). + +Publication embargo +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- If a security issue is reported that is not already public and its + severity requires coordinated disclosure, then an embargo date will + be set and communicated to the reporter(s). + +- Embargo periods will be negotiated by mutual agreement between + reporter(s), members of the security list and other relevant parties + to the problem. The preferred embargo period is upto `2 + weeks `__. + However, longer embargoes may be negotiated if the severity of the + issue requires it. + +- Members of the security list agree not to publicly disclose any + details of an embargoed security issue until its embargo date + expires. + +CVE allocation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Each security issue is assigned a `CVE `__ +number. The CVE number is allocated by one of the vendor security +engineers on the security list. + +When to contact the QEMU Security List +-------------------------------------- + +You should contact the Security List if: \* You think there may be a +security vulnerability in QEMU. \* You are unsure about how a known +vulnerability affects QEMU. \* You can contact us in English. We are +unable to respond in other languages. + +When *not* to contact the QEMU Security List +-------------------------------------------- + +- You need assistance in a language other than English. +- You require technical assistance (for example, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhow do= I configure + QEMU?\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd). +- You need help upgrading QEMU due to security alerts. +- Your issue is not security related. + +How impact and severity of a bug is decided +------------------------------------------- + +**Security criterion:** -> +https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html + +All security issues in QEMU are not equal. Based on the parts of the +QEMU sources wherein the bug is found, its impact and severity could +vary. + +In particular, QEMU is used in many different scenarios; some of them +assume that the guest is trusted, some of them don\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt. Gen= eral +considerations to triage QEMU issues and decide whether a configuration +is security sensitive include: + +- Is there any feasible way for a malicious party to exploit this flaw + and cause real damage? (e.g.\ufffd\ufffdfrom a guest or via downloadabl= e images) +- Does the flaw require access to the management interface? Would the + management interface be accessible in the scenario where the flaw + could cause real damage? +- Is QEMU used in conjunction with a hypervisor (as opposed to TCG + binary translation)? +- Is QEMU used to offer virtualised production services, as opposed to + usage as a development platform? + +Whenever some or all of these questions have negative answers, what +appears to be a major security flaw might be considered of low severity +because it could only be exercised in use cases where QEMU and +everything interacting with it is trusted. + +For example, consider upstream commit `9201bb9 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsdhci.c: = Limit the +maximum block +size\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd `__, an of +out of bounds (OOB) memory access (ie. buffer overflow) issue that was +found and fixed in the SD Host Controller emulation (hw/sd/sdhci.c). + +On the surface, this bug appears to be a genuine security flaw, with +potentially severe implications. But digging further down, there are +only two ways to use SD Host Controller emulation, one is via +\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsdhci-pci\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd interface and the other is v= ia \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdgeneric-sdhci\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd interface. + +Of these two, the \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsdhci-pci\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd interface = had actually been disabled by +default in the upstream QEMU releases (commit `1910913 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffds= dhci: Make +device\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsdhci-pci" unavailable with +-device" `__ at +the time the flaw was reported; therefore, guests could not possibly use +\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsdhci-pci\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd for any purpose. + +The \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdgeneric-sdhci\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd interface, instead, = had only one user in \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdXilinx +Zynq Baseboard emulation\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd (hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c). Xilinx = Zynq is a +programmable systems on chip (SoC) device. While QEMU does emulate this +device, in practice it is used to facilitate cross-platform +developmental efforts, i.e.\ufffd\ufffdQEMU is used to write programs for = the SoC +device. In such developer environments, it is generally assumed that the +guest is trusted. + +And thus, this buffer overflow turned out to be a security non-issue. --=20 2.36.1