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From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
To: "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com>,
	"Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: "seanjc@google.com" <seanjc@google.com>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"Scarlata, Vincent R" <vincent.r.scarlata@intel.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"jarkko@kernel.org" <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	"Annapurve, Vishal" <vannapurve@google.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>,
	"Aktas, Erdem" <erdemaktas@google.com>,
	"Cai, Chong" <chongc@google.com>,
	"Bondarevska, Nataliia" <bondarn@google.com>,
	"linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org" <linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Raynor, Scott" <scott.raynor@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 4/5] x86/sgx: Implement ENCLS[EUPDATESVN]
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:35:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a74ede5f4466572e33c92fceb69136b82c042d7e.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250814073640.1507050-5-elena.reshetova@intel.com>

On Thu, 2025-08-14 at 10:34 +0300, Reshetova, Elena wrote:
> All running enclaves and cryptographic assets (such as internal SGX
> encryption keys) are assumed to be compromised whenever an SGX-related
> microcode update occurs. To mitigate this assumed compromise the new
> supervisor SGX instruction ENCLS[EUPDATESVN] can generate fresh
> cryptographic assets.
> 
> Before executing EUPDATESVN, all SGX memory must be marked as unused. This
> requirement ensures that no potentially compromised enclave survives the
> update and allows the system to safely regenerate cryptographic assets.
> 
> Add the method to perform ENCLS[EUPDATESVN]. However, until the follow up
> patch that wires calling sgx_update_svn() from sgx_inc_usage_count(), this
> code is not reachable.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>

> 
> + * Return:
> + * * %0:		- Success or not supported
> + * * %-EAGAIN:		- Can be safely retried, failure is due to lack of
> + * *			entropy in RNG

Nit: if another version is ever needed, I think it would be better to make
the text vertical aligned w/o the leading '-', i.e., 

	* %-EAGAIN:	- Can be ....
			  entropy in RNG.

.. instead of

	* %-EAGAIN:	- Can be ....
			entropy in RNG.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-14  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-14  7:34 [PATCH v14 0/5] Enable automatic SVN updates for SGX enclaves Elena Reshetova
2025-08-14  7:34 ` [PATCH v14 1/5] x86/sgx: Introduce functions to count the sgx_(vepc_)open() Elena Reshetova
2025-08-14  7:34 ` [PATCH v14 2/5] x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_SGX_EUPDATESVN feature flag Elena Reshetova
2025-08-14  7:34 ` [PATCH v14 3/5] x86/sgx: Define error codes for use by ENCLS[EUPDATESVN] Elena Reshetova
2025-08-14  7:34 ` [PATCH v14 4/5] x86/sgx: Implement ENCLS[EUPDATESVN] Elena Reshetova
2025-08-14  9:35   ` Huang, Kai [this message]
2025-08-14 11:48     ` Reshetova, Elena
2025-08-14 22:31       ` Huang, Kai
2025-08-15 12:05         ` Reshetova, Elena
2025-08-14  7:34 ` [PATCH v14 5/5] x86/sgx: Enable automatic SVN updates for SGX enclaves Elena Reshetova
2025-08-14  9:36   ` Huang, Kai
2025-08-14 16:50   ` Dave Hansen
2025-08-14 21:40     ` Huang, Kai
2025-08-15  6:59       ` Reshetova, Elena
2025-08-18  5:03         ` Huang, Kai
2025-08-18  5:41           ` Reshetova, Elena

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