On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 08:16:14AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Mon 25-01-21 23:36:18, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 06:01:22PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > On Thu 21-01-21 14:27:18, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > Introduce "memfd_secret" system call with the ability to create memory > > > > areas visible only in the context of the owning process and not mapped not > > > > only to other processes but in the kernel page tables as well. > > > > > > > > The user will create a file descriptor using the memfd_secret() system > > > > call. The memory areas created by mmap() calls from this file descriptor > > > > will be unmapped from the kernel direct map and they will be only mapped in > > > > the page table of the owning mm. > > > > > > > > The secret memory remains accessible in the process context using uaccess > > > > primitives, but it is not accessible using direct/linear map addresses. > > > > > > > > Functions in the follow_page()/get_user_page() family will refuse to return > > > > a page that belongs to the secret memory area. > > > > > > > > A page that was a part of the secret memory area is cleared when it is > > > > freed. > > > > > > > > The following example demonstrates creation of a secret mapping (error > > > > handling is omitted): > > > > > > > > fd = memfd_secret(0); > > > > ftruncate(fd, MAP_SIZE); > > > > ptr = mmap(NULL, MAP_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); > > > > > > I do not see any access control or permission model for this feature. > > > Is this feature generally safe to anybody? > > > > The mappings obey memlock limit. Besides, this feature should be enabled > > explicitly at boot with the kernel parameter that says what is the maximal > > memory size secretmem can consume. > > Why is such a model sufficient and future proof? I mean even when it has > to be enabled by an admin it is still all or nothing approach. Mlock > limit is not really useful because it is per mm rather than per user. > > Is there any reason why this is allowed for non-privileged processes? > Maybe this has been discussed in the past but is there any reason why > this cannot be done by a special device which will allow to provide at > least some permission policy? Why this should not be allowed for non-privileged processes? This behaves similarly to mlocked memory, so I don't see a reason why secretmem should have different permissions model. > Please make sure to describe all those details in the changelog. -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
