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.
next prev parent 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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