Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] x86/sgx: Enforce noexec filesystem restriction for enclaves

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Mon Jun 10 2019 - 12:49:34 EST


On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 9:00 AM Jarkko Sakkinen
<jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 07:11:43PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Query VM_MAYEXEC as an indirect path_noexec() check (see do_mmap()),
> > + * but with some future proofing against other cases that may deny
> > + * execute permissions.
> > + */
> > + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYEXEC)) {
> > + ret = -EACCES;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (copy_from_user(dst, (void __user *)src, PAGE_SIZE))
> > + ret = -EFAULT;
> > + else
> > + ret = 0;
> > +
> > +out:
> > + up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
>
> I would suggest to express the above instead like this for clarity
> and consistency:
>
> goto err_map_sem;
> }
>
> /* Query VM_MAYEXEC as an indirect path_noexec() check
> * (see do_mmap()).
> */
> if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYEXEC)) {
> ret = -EACCES;
> goto err_mmap_sem;
> }
>
> if (copy_from_user(dst, (void __user *)src, PAGE_SIZE)) {
> ret = -EFAULT;
> goto err_mmap_sem;
> }
>
> return 0;
>
> err_mmap_sem:
> up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> return ret;
> }
>
> The comment about future proofing is unnecessary.
>

I'm also torn as to whether this patch is needed at all. If we ever
get O_MAYEXEC, then enclave loaders should use it to enforce noexec in
userspace. Otherwise I'm unconvinced it's that special.