From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
To: "Christopherson, Sean J" <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"intel-sgx-kernel-dev@lists.01.org"
<intel-sgx-kernel-dev@lists.01.org>,
"platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org"
<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] [PATCH v5 06/11] intel_sgx: driver for Intel Software Guard Extensions
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:13:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171220101305.tgx5fre3ugqaudd4@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37306EFA9975BE469F115FDE982C075BCDEE4742@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:24:55PM +0000, Christopherson, Sean J wrote:
> Exposing the token generated by the in-kernel LE doesn't affect the
> kernel's power in the slightest, e.g. the kernel doesn't need a LE
> to refuse to run an enclave and a privileged user can always load
> an out-of-tree driver if they really want to circumvent the kernel's
> policies, which is probably easier than stealing the LE's private key.
If the MSRs are read-only, kernel does need an LE in order to launch
enclaves if it only has the SIGSTRUCT.
User with abilities to load out-of-tree driver or otherwise
modify the running kernel code does not really work as an argument
in to any direction.
/Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-20 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-13 19:45 [PATCH v5 00/11] Intel SGX Driver Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] intel_sgx: updated MAINTAINERS Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-17 21:54 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-24 19:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] x86: add SGX definition to cpufeature Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] x86: define the feature control MSR's SGX enable bit Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-17 21:48 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] x86: define the feature control MSR's SGX launch control bit Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] x86: add SGX MSRs to msr-index.h Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] intel_sgx: driver for Intel Software Guard Extensions Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 23:41 ` James Morris
2017-11-14 20:12 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 10:04 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 17:55 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Sean Christopherson
2017-11-14 20:28 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 18:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2017-12-13 23:18 ` Christopherson, Sean J
2017-12-15 15:00 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-12-19 18:52 ` Christopherson, Sean J
2017-12-19 23:11 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-12-19 23:24 ` Christopherson, Sean J
2017-12-20 10:13 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] intel_sgx: ptrace() support Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-16 9:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-23 10:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] intel_sgx: in-kernel launch enclave Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 17:05 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Sean Christopherson
2017-11-14 20:05 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 22:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 11:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-20 22:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 22:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-20 23:43 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 23:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-21 12:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 23:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd() Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-16 9:15 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-20 22:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] intel_sgx: glue code for in-kernel LE Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 18:16 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Sean Christopherson
2017-11-14 20:31 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 10:10 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-17 23:07 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-25 12:52 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-25 18:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] intel_sgx: driver documentation Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 3:01 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Kai Huang
2017-11-14 19:47 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 21:12 ` Kai Huang
2017-11-14 8:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-14 20:49 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 21:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-20 22:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 22:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-20 23:41 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 11:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-15 11:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-20 22:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 12:38 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 12:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-21 23:45 ` Jethro Beekman
2017-11-22 0:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-22 0:27 ` Jethro Beekman
2017-11-22 11:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-22 16:07 ` Jethro Beekman
2017-11-17 21:43 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-17 23:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-17 23:46 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-20 23:12 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 23:08 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-27 17:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2017-11-27 19:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2017-11-28 20:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-28 20:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-24 17:26 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 10:35 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] Intel SGX Driver Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-20 22:20 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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