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Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:05:16 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Cedric Xing <cedric.xing@...el.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Jethro Beekman <jethro@...tanix.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, nhorman@...hat.com,
        npmccallum@...hat.com, Serge Ayoun <serge.ayoun@...el.com>,
        Shay Katz-zamir <shay.katz-zamir@...el.com>,
        Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@...el.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kai Svahn <kai.svahn@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        Philip Tricca <philip.b.tricca@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 4/5] LSM: x86/sgx: Introduce ->enclave_load() hook
 for Intel SGX

On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 07:11:44PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> enclave_load() is roughly analogous to the existing file_mprotect().
> 
> Due to the nature of SGX and its Enclave Page Cache (EPC), all enclave
> VMAs are backed by a single file, i.e. /dev/sgx/enclave, that must be
> MAP_SHARED.  Furthermore, all enclaves need read, write and execute
> VMAs.  As a result, the existing/standard call to file_mprotect() does
> not provide any meaningful security for enclaves since an LSM can only
> deny/grant access to the EPC as a whole.
> 
> security_enclave_load() is called when SGX is first loading an enclave
> page, i.e. copying a page from normal memory into the EPC.  Although
> the prototype for enclave_load() is similar to file_mprotect(), e.g.
> SGX could theoretically use file_mprotect() and set reqprot=prot, a
> separate hook is desirable as the semantics of an enclave's protection
> bits are different than those of vmas, e.g. an enclave page tracks the
> maximal set of protections, whereas file_mprotect() operates on the
> actual protections being provided.  In other words, LSMs will likely
> want to implement different policies for enclave page protections.
> 
> Note, extensive discussion yielded no sane alternative to some form of
> SGX specific LSM hook[1].
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CALCETrXf8mSK45h7sTK5Wf+pXLVn=Bjsc_RLpgO-h-qdzBRo5Q@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>

4/5 and 5/5 should only be added after upstreaming SGX.

/Jarkko

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