Re: [RFC PATCH v3 07/27] x86/cpu/intel: Allow SGX virtualization without Launch Control support

Kai Huang
2021-02-01T05:41:37Z

On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:42:56 +0200 Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 10:30:54PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> > From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> >
> > The kernel will currently disable all SGX support if the hardware does
> > not support launch control. Make it more permissive to allow SGX
> > virtualization on systems without Launch Control support. This will
> > allow KVM to expose SGX to guests that have less-strict requirements on
> > the availability of flexible launch control.
> >
> > Improve error message to distinguish between three cases. There are two
> > cases where SGX support is completely disabled:
> > 1) SGX has been disabled completely by the BIOS
> > 2) SGX LC is locked by the BIOS. Bare-metal support is disabled because
> > of LC unavailability. SGX virtualization is unavailable (because of
> > Kconfig).
> > One where it is partially available:
> > 3) SGX LC is locked by the BIOS. Bare-metal support is disabled because
> > of LC unavailability. SGX virtualization is supported.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
> > ---
> > v2->v3:
> >
> > - Added to use 'enable_sgx_any', per Dave.
> > - Changed to call clear_cpu_cap() directly, rather than using clear_sgx_caps()
> > and clear_sgx_lc().
> > - Changed to use CONFIG_X86_SGX_KVM, instead of CONFIG_X86_SGX_VIRTUALIZATION.
> >
> > v1->v2:
> >
> > - Refined commit message per Dave's comments.
> > - Added check to only enable SGX virtualization when VMX is supported, per
> > Dave's comment.
> > - Refined error msg print to explicitly call out SGX virtualization will be
> > supported when LC is locked by BIOS, per Dave's comment.
> >
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feat_ctl.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feat_ctl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feat_ctl.c
> > index 27533a6e04fa..0fc202550fcc 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feat_ctl.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feat_ctl.c
> > @@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ early_param("nosgx", nosgx);
> > void init_ia32_feat_ctl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> > {
> > bool tboot = tboot_enabled();
> > - bool enable_sgx;
> > + bool enable_vmx;
> > + bool enable_sgx_any, enable_sgx_kvm, enable_sgx_driver;
>
> Move the declaration first (reverse christmas tree).

Will do. Thanks.

>
> > u64 msr;
> >
> > if (rdmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL, &msr)) {
> > @@ -114,13 +115,22 @@ void init_ia32_feat_ctl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> > return;
> > }
> >
> > + enable_vmx = cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_VMX) &&
> > + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL);
> > +
> > /*
> > - * Enable SGX if and only if the kernel supports SGX and Launch Control
> > - * is supported, i.e. disable SGX if the LE hash MSRs can't be written.
> > + * Enable SGX if and only if the kernel supports SGX. Require Launch
> > + * Control support if SGX virtualization is *not* supported, i.e.
> > + * disable SGX if the LE hash MSRs can't be written and SGX can't be
> > + * exposed to a KVM guest (which might support non-LC configurations).
> > */
> > - enable_sgx = cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX) &&
> > - cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC) &&
> > - IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_SGX);
> > + enable_sgx_any = cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX) &&
> > + cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX1) &&
> > + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_SGX);
> > + enable_sgx_driver = enable_sgx_any &&
> > + cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC);
> > + enable_sgx_kvm = enable_sgx_any && enable_vmx &&
> > + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_SGX_KVM);
> >
> > if (msr & FEAT_CTL_LOCKED)
> > goto update_caps;
> > @@ -136,15 +146,18 @@ void init_ia32_feat_ctl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> > * i.e. KVM is enabled, to avoid unnecessarily adding an attack vector
> > * for the kernel, e.g. using VMX to hide malicious code.
> > */
> > - if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_VMX) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL)) {
> > + if (enable_vmx) {
> > msr |= FEAT_CTL_VMX_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX;
> >
> > if (tboot)
> > msr |= FEAT_CTL_VMX_ENABLED_INSIDE_SMX;
> > }
> >
> > - if (enable_sgx)
> > - msr |= FEAT_CTL_SGX_ENABLED | FEAT_CTL_SGX_LC_ENABLED;
> > + if (enable_sgx_kvm || enable_sgx_driver) {
> > + msr |= FEAT_CTL_SGX_ENABLED;
> > + if (enable_sgx_driver)
> > + msr |= FEAT_CTL_SGX_LC_ENABLED;
> > + }
> >
> > wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL, msr);
> >
> > @@ -167,10 +180,29 @@ void init_ia32_feat_ctl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> > }
> >
> > update_sgx:
> > - if (!(msr & FEAT_CTL_SGX_ENABLED) ||
> > - !(msr & FEAT_CTL_SGX_LC_ENABLED) || !enable_sgx) {
> > - if (enable_sgx)
> > - pr_err_once("SGX disabled by BIOS\n");
> > + if (!(msr & FEAT_CTL_SGX_ENABLED)) {
> > + if (enable_sgx_kvm || enable_sgx_driver)
> > + pr_err_once("SGX disabled by BIOS.\n");
> > clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * VMX feature bit may be cleared due to being disabled in BIOS,
> > + * in which case SGX virtualization cannot be supported either.
> > + */
> > + if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_VMX) && enable_sgx_kvm) {
> > + pr_err_once("SGX virtualization disabled due to lack of VMX.\n");
> > + enable_sgx_kvm = 0;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (!(msr & FEAT_CTL_SGX_LC_ENABLED) && enable_sgx_driver) {
> > + if (!enable_sgx_kvm) {
> > + pr_err_once("SGX Launch Control is locked. Disable SGX.\n");
> > + clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX);
> > + } else {
> > + pr_err_once("SGX Launch Control is locked. Support SGX virtualization only.\n");
> > + clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC);
> > + }
> > }
> > }
> > --
> > 2.29.2
> >
> >
>
> /Jarkko