bhyveload(8): document some SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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Authored by kevans on Jan 4 2024, 2:23 AM.

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rG5df041c4bbf7: bhyveload(8): document some SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

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The situation is improved now that we're running in a sandbox, but there
is still some host machine access that could be concerning depending on
the context. These concerns may be somewhat mitigated by the fact that
the host machine usually provides the loader binary, even when the guest
image is providing the loader scripts -- they only bring the lua
scripts, and they have to be able to execute arbitrary syscalls rather
than the interfaces provided by libsa(3).

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kevans created this revision.Jan 4 2024, 2:23 AM

Herald added subscribers: bcran, jonathan, rgrimes, imp. · View Herald TranscriptJan 4 2024, 2:23 AM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B55230: Diff 132239.Jan 4 2024, 2:23 AM

kevans added a child revision: D43300: bhyveload: support guest rebooting from the loader.Jan 4 2024, 2:23 AM

markj added a subscriber: markj.Jan 4 2024, 2:09 PM

markj added inline comments.

usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
179	I'm not sure I'd include the version number: it'll need to be updated when we backport the changes and release, e.g., 13.3.
199
205	This access is read-only, right? Is it worth clarifying that?

kevans added inline comments.Jan 4 2024, 3:54 PM

usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
205	whoops

kevans added a parent revision: D43315: bhyveload: limit rights on the dirfds we create.Jan 4 2024, 3:55 PM

Address review commentary; access to the currently opened directories isn't
currently restricted to read-only, but restricting the rights(4) a bit will get
us where we want to be.. we'll land that before this.

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B55244: Diff 132280.Jan 4 2024, 4:02 PM

kevans marked an inline comment as done.Jan 4 2024, 4:03 PM

markj accepted this revision as: markj.Jan 11 2024, 4:23 PM

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 11 2024, 4:23 PM

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jhb added inline comments.

usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
192	I suspect this might be confusing to some non-native readers.

kevans added inline comments.Jan 11 2024, 8:20 PM

usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
192	I'll fold that in, thanks. Do you think it'd be worth drawing the connection more explicitly with the -c option? ... and the chosen .Fl c console. Or perhaps a more concise ... and the chosen .Ar cons-dev .