Re: [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect()

Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-22T05:30:25Z

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 02:18:49PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:07:36AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 09:57:58AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 03:49:46PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 04:53:37PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > > a noexec filesystem by loading code into an enclave, and to give the kernel the
> > > > > option of adding enclave specific LSM policies in the future.
> > > > >
> > > > > The source file (if one exists) for the enclave is long gone when the enclave
> > > > > is actually mmap()'d and mprotect()'d. To enforce noexec, the requested
> > > > > permissions for a given page are snapshotted when the page is added to the
> > > > > enclave, i.e. when the enclave is built. Enclave pages that will be executable
> > > > > must originate from an a MAYEXEC VMA, e.g. the source page can't come from a
> > > > > noexec file system.
> > > >
> > > > noexec check is done in __sgx_encl_add_page(), not in this callback.
> > > > sgx_vma_mprotect() calls sgx_encl_may_map(), which iterates the
> > > > addresses, checks that permissions are not surpassed and there are
> > > > no holes.
> > >
> > > Yes, that's what I said.
> >
> > sgx_encl_add_page() will remove such page. The callback does not
> > interact with this process as such pages never get to the enclave.
>
> I think we're in violent agreement, mostly.
>
> Userspace can add the page without EXEC permissions in the EPCM, and thus
> avoid the noexec/VM_MAYEXEC check. The enclave can then do EMODPE to gain
> EXEC permissions in the EPMC. Without the ->mprotect() hook, we wouldn't
> be able to detect/prevent such shenanigans.

Right, the VM_MAYEXEC in the code is nested under VM_EXEC check.

I'm only wondering why not block noexec completely with any permissions,
i.e. why not just have unconditional VM_MAYEXEC check?

/Jarkko