linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] x86_64 SandBox Mode arch hooks

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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:19:27 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] x86_64 SandBox Mode arch hooks

On Wed, 2024-02-14 at 19:32 +0100, Petr Tesařík wrote:
> > What use case needs to have the sandbox both protected from the
> > kernel
> > (trusted operations) and non-privileged (the kernel protected from
> > it
> > via CPL3)? It seems like opposite things.
> 
> I think I have mentioned one: parsing keys for the trusted keyring.
> The
> parser is complex enough to be potentially buggy, but the security
> folks have already dismissed the idea to run it as a user mode
> helper.

Ah, I didn't realize the kernel needed to be protected from the key
parsing part because you called it out as a trusted operation. So on
the protect-the-kernel-side it's similar to the microkernel security
reasoning.

Did I get the other part wrong - that you want to protect the sandbox
from the rest of kernel as well?