Re: [PATCH 05/25] x86/sgx: Introduce runtime protection bits

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On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 04:41:59PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Jarkko,
> 
> On 1/14/2022 4:27 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 04:01:33PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> >> Hi Jarkko,
> >>
> >> On 1/14/2022 3:15 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:05:21PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> >>>> Hi Jarkko,
> >>>
> >>> How enclave can check a page range that EPCM has the expected permissions?
> >>
> >> Only way to change EPCM permissions from outside enclave is to run ENCLS[EMODPR]
> >> that needs to be accepted from within the enclave via ENCLU[EACCEPT]. At that
> >> time the enclave provides the expected permissions and that will fail
> >> if there is a mismatch with the EPCM permissions (SGX_PAGE_ATTRIBUTES_MISMATCH).
> > 
> > This is a very valid point but that does make the introspection possible
> > only at the time of EACCEPT.
> > 
> > It does not give tools for enclave to make sure that EMODPR-ETRACK dance
> > was ever exercised.
> 
> Could you please elaborate? EACCEPT is available to the enclave as a tool
> and it would fail if ETRACK was not completed (error SGX_NOT_TRACKED).
> 
> Here is the relevant snippet from the SDM from the section where it
> describes EACCEPT:
> 
> IF (Tracking not correct)
>     THEN
>         RFLAGS.ZF := 1;
>         RAX := SGX_NOT_TRACKED;
>         GOTO DONE;
> FI;
> 
> Reinette

Yes, if enclave calls EACCEPT it does the necessary introspection and makes
sure that ETRACK is completed. I have trouble understanding how enclave
makes sure that EACCEPT was called.

/Jarkko



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