From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com
Cc: kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
vannapurve@google.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] /dev/mem: Disable /dev/mem under TDX guest
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:56:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3a6889b3-114a-4921-adbb-0579891aca6c@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <babd4e40-0cb6-4796-af86-1944e32f89ee@intel.com>
On 18.03.25 г. 16:48 ч., Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 3/18/25 04:36, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
>> 1. Should we forbid getting a descriptor to /dev/mem (this patch)
>> 2. Skip creating /dev/mem altogether3
>
> Like Kirill mentioned, it would be nice to leverage the existing hooks:
>
> if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> return -EPERM;
>
> rc = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_DEV_MEM);
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>
> Lockdown seems like a decent fit. We'd also ideally check
> lockdown_is_locked_down() in x86 code and spew epithets if someone is
> booting a CoCo guest without lockdown.
>
>> 3. Possibly tinker with internals of ioremap to ensure that no memory which is
>> backed by kvm memslots is remapped as shared.
>
> It's not just memslots, though. It's any TDX private memory which
> includes stuff the TDX module uses like the PAMT or SEPT pages.
>
>
How about something along those lines to warn when a CoCo guest is run
but lockdown is not enabled:
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/core.c
index 9a0ddda3aa69..e34f6c0f9269 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/core.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/cc_platform.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
@@ -206,6 +207,25 @@ void cc_platform_set(enum cc_attr attr)
}
}
+static int __init cc_lockdown_warn(void)
+{
+ if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Not a CoCo guest */
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST) ||
+ cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_HOST_SEV_SNP))
+ return 0;
+
+
+ if (!security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_DEV_MEM))
+ pr_warn("CoCo guest running with kernel lockdown
disabled\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(cc_lockdown_warn);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-18 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-18 11:36 [RFC PATCH] /dev/mem: Disable /dev/mem under TDX guest Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-18 11:53 ` Juergen Gross
2025-03-18 11:56 ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-18 12:23 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2025-03-18 12:53 ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-18 13:27 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2025-03-18 14:21 ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-20 9:38 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2025-03-18 14:48 ` Dave Hansen
2025-03-18 17:56 ` Nikolay Borisov [this message]
2025-03-18 19:06 ` Dan Williams
2025-03-24 9:59 ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-25 18:16 ` Dan Williams
2025-03-28 10:51 ` Nikolay Borisov
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