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SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/25] x86/sgx: Introduce runtime protection bits
On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 11:28:04AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On 12/1/21 11:23, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> > Enclave creators declare their paging permission intent at the time
> > the pages are added to the enclave. These paging permissions are
> > vetted when pages are added to the enclave and stashed off
> > (in sgx_encl_page->vm_max_prot_bits) for later comparison with
> > enclave PTEs.
> >
>
> I'm a bit confused here. ENCLU[EMODPE] allows the enclave to change the EPCM
> permission bits however it likes with no oversight from the kernel. So we
> end up with a whole bunch of permission masks:
>
> The PTE: controlled by complex kernel policy
>
> The VMA: with your series, this is entirely controlled by userspace. I
> think I'm fine with that.
>
> vm_max_prot_bits: populated from secinfo at setup time, unless I missed
> something that changes it later. Maybe I'm confused or missed something in
> one of the patches,
>
> vm_run_prot_bits: populated from some combination of ioctls. I'm entirely
> lost as to what this is for.
>
> EPCM bits: controlled by the guest. basically useless for any host purpose
> on SGX2 hardware (with or without kernel support -- the enclave can do
> ENCLU[EMODPE] whether we like it or not, even on old kernels)
>
> So I guess I don't understand the purpose of this patch or of the rules in
> the later patches, and I feel like this is getting more complicated than
> makes sense.
>
>
> Could we perhaps make vm_max_prot_bits dynamic or at least controllable in
> some useful way? My initial proposal (years ago) was for vm_max_prot_bits
> to be *separately* configured at initial load time instead of being inferred
> from secinfo with the intent being that the user untrusted runtime would set
> it appropriately. I have no problem with allowing runtime changes as long
> as the security policy makes sense and it's kept consistent with PTEs.

This is a valid question. Since EMODPE exists why not just make things for
EMODPE, and ignore EMODPR altogether?

> Also, I think we need a changelog message or, even better, actual docs in
> kernel, explaining the actual final set of rules and invariants for all
> these masks.
>
> --Andy

/Jarkko

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