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SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/25] x86/sgx: Introduce runtime protection bits
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Hi Jarkko,

On 12/4/2021 3:57 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> 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?
>

I believe that we should support the best practice of principle of least
privilege - once a page no longer needs a particular permission there
should be a way to remove it (the unneeded permission).

Reinette

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