Re: [PATCH v38 21/24] x86/vdso: Implement a vDSO for Intel SGX enclave call

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Mon Sep 28 2020 - 16:56:47 EST


On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 08:43:16AM -0700, Yu, Yu-cheng wrote:
> On 9/25/2020 11:23 AM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > On 15/09/2020 12:28, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vsgx_enter_enclave.S b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vsgx_enter_enclave.S
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..adbd59d41517
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vsgx_enter_enclave.S
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
> > > +SYM_FUNC_START(__vdso_sgx_enter_enclave)
> > > <snip>
> > > +.Lretpoline:
> > > + call 2f
> > > +1: pause
> > > + lfence
> > > + jmp 1b
> > > +2: mov %rax, (%rsp)
> > > + ret
> >
> > I hate to throw further spanners in the work, but this is not compatible
> > with CET, and the user shadow stack work in progress.
>
> Hi Jarkko,
>
> These 1: and 2: targets are reached only from these few lines? If they are
> direct call/jmp targets, I think it is OK in terms of CET. If they are
> reached from an instruction like "jmp *%rax", then we need to put in an
> "endbr64".
>
> Yu-cheng

The invocation is over here:

/* Load the callback pointer to %rax and invoke it via retpoline. */
mov SGX_ENCLAVE_RUN_USER_HANDLER(%rax), %rax
call .Lretpoline

/Jarkko