linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v29 00/20] Intel SGX foundations

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 09:16:20 -0700
From:   Jordan Hand <jorhand@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     "Dr. Greg" <greg@...ellic.com>
Cc:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, sean.j.christopherson@...el.com,
        nhorman@...hat.com, npmccallum@...hat.com, haitao.huang@...el.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        kai.svahn@...el.com, bp@...en8.de, josh@...htriplett.org,
        luto@...nel.org, kai.huang@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com,
        cedric.xing@...el.com, puiterwijk@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v29 00/20] Intel SGX foundations

On 5/7/20 11:06 AM, Dr. Greg wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 09:39:55AM -0700, Jordan Hand wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon, I hope the week is going well for everyone.
> 
>> On 4/21/20 2:52 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>> Make the vDSO callable directly from C by preserving RBX and taking leaf
>>>    from RCX.
> 
>> Tested with the Open Enclave SDK on top of Intel PSW. Specifically built
>> the Intel PSW with changes to support /dev/sgx mapping[1] new in v29.
>>
>> Tested-by: Jordan Hand <jorhand@...ux.microsoft.com>
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx/pull/530
> 
> Did you re-wire your SDK to convert all your ECALL and exception
> handling to the new VDSO architecture?
 >

No. We have many users of our SDK who rely on the out-of-tree driver and 
will for the foreseeable future. I aim to support both in-tree and 
out-of-tree with minimal code diff.

>
> Failures in enclave loading and initialization demonstrate themselves
> pretty clearly and are in the domain of the PSW being used.  If there
> are going to be subtle SGX application operability issues that need to
> be found they will be in the new ECALL and exception handling
> mechanisms.

Fair enough, no I have not tested those mechanisms. Apologies, I should 
have removed that line from the quoted text.

-Jordan