On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 11:23:12AM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote: > Before an enclave is initialized the enclave's memory range is unknown. > The enclave's memory range is learned at the time it is created via the > SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_CREATE ioctl where the provided memory range is obtained > from an earlier mmap() of the sgx_enclave device. After an enclave is > initialized its memory can be mapped into user space (mmap()) from where > it can be entered at its defined entry points. > > With the enclave's memory range known after it is initialized there is > no reason why it should be possible to map memory outside this range. > > Lock down access to the initialized enclave's memory range by denying > any attempt to map memory outside its memory range. > > Locking down the memory range also makes adding pages to an initialized > enclave more efficient. Pages are added to an initialized enclave by > accessing memory that belongs to the enclave's memory range but not yet > backed by an enclave page. If it is possible for user space to map > memory that does not form part of the enclave then an access to this > memory would eventually fail. Failures range from a prompt general > protection fault if the access was an ENCLU[EACCEPT] from within the > enclave, or a page fault via the vDSO if it was another access from > within the enclave, or a SIGBUS (also resulting from a page fault) if > the access was from outside the enclave. > > Disallowing invalid memory to be mapped in the first place avoids > preventable failures. > > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c > index 342b97dd4c33..37203da382f8 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c > @@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ int sgx_encl_may_map(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long start, > > XA_STATE(xas, &encl->page_array, PFN_DOWN(start)); > Please write a comment here. > + if (test_bit(SGX_ENCL_INITIALIZED, &encl->flags) && > + (start < encl->base || end > encl->base + encl->size)) > + return -EACCES; > + > /* > * Disallow READ_IMPLIES_EXEC tasks as their VMA permissions might > * conflict with the enclave page permissions. > -- > 2.25.1 > Otherwise, makes sense. /Jarkko