linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm

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Message-ID: <20200924215815.GB119995@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:58:15 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect()

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 12:28:54PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 02:11:37PM -0500, Haitao Huang wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 08:50:56 -0500, Jarkko Sakkinen
> > <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > >I'll categorically deny noexec in the next patch set version.
> > >
> > >/Jarkko
> > 
> > There are use cases supported currently in which enclave binary is received
> > via IPC/RPC and held in buffers before EADD. Denying noexec altogether would
> > break those, right?
> 
> No.  noexec only applies to file-backed VMAs, what you're describing is loading
> an enclave from an anon VMA, which will still have VM_MAYEXEC.
> 
> I believe you're thinking of SELinux's EXECMEM, which is required to execute
> from anonymous memory, and which we talked about (more than once) applying to
> SGX enclaves.
> 
> That being said, I still dislike the idea of requiring VM_MAYEXEC, it's a hack
> that doesn't really buy us much, if anything.

I think it makes sense as long as it is not half-way there solution.

Either require it for the full binary or not at all. I'm fine with
either.

/Jarkko