From: "Dr. Greg" <greg@enjellic.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect()
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:01:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201020100118.GA6957@wind.enjellic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201019213105.GE23072@linux.intel.com>
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 02:31:05PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
Good morning, I hope the day is starting well for everyone.
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 03:49:20AM -0500, Dr. Greg wrote:
> > Is this even a relevant control if we cede the notion of dynamically
> > loadable enclave code, which is the objective of SGX2 hardware, which
> > will in all likelihood be the only relevant hardware implementation in
> > the future?
> Yes, it's still relevant. Giving the thumbs up to dynamically
> loadable code is not a purely binary decision, e.g. a user/admin can
> allow RW->RX transitions but still disallow full RWX permissions.
With respect to the security issue at hand, the only relevant issue
would seem to be if a page had write permissions at one time in its
trajectory to having execute permisions, isn't this correct?
The next paragraph of my reply wasn't included in your reply, but I
did state that the mprotect hook would be relevant if its purpose was
to disallow this permission trajectory and in the process disable
enclave dynamic code loading and execution.
So to assist everyone in understanding this issue and the security
implications involved, is the ultimate purpose of the mprotect hook to
disable dynamic code loading?
Have a good day.
Dr. Greg
As always,
Dr. Greg Wettstein, Ph.D, Worker Autonomously self-defensive
Enjellic Systems Development, LLC IOT platforms and edge devices.
4206 N. 19th Ave.
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[not found] <20200915112842.897265-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
2020-09-15 11:28 ` [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect() Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-18 12:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-09-18 15:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-09-18 23:24 ` [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect()' Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-18 23:53 ` [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect() Sean Christopherson
2020-09-19 0:15 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-09-22 12:58 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-22 15:11 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-23 13:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-23 13:43 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-23 14:33 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-24 14:50 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-24 16:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-24 19:35 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-21 12:49 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-21 12:51 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-21 13:14 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-21 16:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-21 21:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-21 21:18 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-22 5:29 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-22 5:35 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-22 16:43 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-23 13:50 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-24 19:11 ` Haitao Huang
2020-09-24 19:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-24 19:39 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-24 20:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-24 20:10 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-24 20:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-24 20:54 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-24 22:10 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-24 23:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-24 23:09 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-25 0:00 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 17:18 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-25 19:43 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 19:53 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-26 4:15 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-09-28 0:53 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-28 14:04 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-28 16:19 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-28 16:48 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-28 19:32 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-28 19:45 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-28 20:19 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-29 1:37 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-09-29 4:05 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-29 14:24 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-30 0:20 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-30 14:35 ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-28 20:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-10-18 8:49 ` Dr. Greg
2020-10-19 21:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-10-20 10:01 ` Dr. Greg [this message]
2020-10-20 16:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-10-24 14:37 ` Dr. Greg
2020-10-24 15:33 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-10-26 10:51 ` Dr. Greg
2020-10-26 22:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-10-27 0:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-24 22:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-24 21:58 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-24 21:55 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-15 11:28 ` [PATCH v38 11/24] x86/sgx: Add SGX enclave driver Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-21 9:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-09-21 12:09 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-10-01 17:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-10-01 18:49 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-15 11:28 ` [PATCH v38 16/24] x86/sgx: Add a page reclaimer Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-22 10:45 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-09-22 14:03 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-22 14:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-09-23 14:52 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-29 1:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-29 3:50 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-09-29 8:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-22 16:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-22 18:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-09-23 15:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
[not found] <20200915110522.893152-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
2020-09-15 11:05 ` [PATCH v38 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect() Jarkko Sakkinen
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