From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>,
nhorman@redhat.com, npmccallum@redhat.com,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
intel-sgx-kernel-dev@lists.01.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
andy@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] [PATCH v11 13/13] intel_sgx: in-kernel launch enclave
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:23:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180620072349.GA4329@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrVp1ZhrxF5bQDSaZpLucS88tErejj5JC6Jb0fB5etWRbA@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 10:17:13PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > On Jun 9, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 10:32 AM Jarkko Sakkinen
> > <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Launch Enclave (LE) generates cryptographic launch tokens for user
> >> enclaves. A launch token is used by EINIT to check whether the enclave
> >> is authorized to launch or not. By having its own launch enclave, Linux
> >> has full control of the enclave launch process.
> >>
> >> LE is wrapped into a user space proxy program that reads enclave
> >> signatures outputs launch tokens. The kernel-side glue code is
> >> implemented by using the user space helper framework. The IPC between
> >> the LE proxy program and kernel is handled with an anonymous inode.
> >>
> >> The commit also adds enclave signing tool that is used by kbuild to
> >> measure and sign the launch enclave. CONFIG_INTEL_SGX_SIGNING_KEY points
> >> to a PEM-file for the 3072-bit RSA key that is used as the LE public key
> >> pair. The default location is:
> >>
> >> drivers/platform/x86/intel_sgx/sgx_signing_key.pem
> >>
> >> If the default key does not exist kbuild will generate a random key and
> >> place it to this location. KBUILD_SGX_SIGN_PIN can be used to specify
> >> the passphrase for the LE public key.
> >
> > It seems to me that it might be more useful to just commit a key pair
> > into the kernel. As far as I know, there is no security whatsoever
> > gained by keeping the private key private, so why not make
> > reproducible builds easier by simply fixing the key?
>
> Having thought about this some more, I think that you should
> completely remove support for specifying a key. Provide a fixed key
> pair, hard code the cache, and call it a day. If you make the key
> configurable, every vendor that has any vendor keys (Debian, Ubuntu,
> Fedora, Red Hat, SuSE, Clear Linux, etc) will see that config option
> and set up their own key pair for no gain whatsoever. Instead, it'll
> give some illusion of security and it'll slow down operations in a VM
> guest due to swapping out the values of the MSRs. And, if the code to
> support a locked MSR that just happens to have the right value stays
> in the kernel, then we'll risk having vendors actually ship one
> distro's public key hash, and that will seriously suck.
>
> I'm going to try to get this code working tomorrow. I'll keep you
> posted on how that goes. Can you point me to the userspace bits (i.e.
> something buildable that will run on a kernel with your patches
> applied)?
Sorry for some delay. I was on leave last week.
The SDK supports my driver starting from 2.1 release:
https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx
SampleCode folder contains some trivial test code to run.
/Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-20 8:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-08 17:09 [PATCH v11 00/13] Intel SGX1 support Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 01/13] compiler.h, kasan: add __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__ check for __no_kasan_or_inline Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 02/13] x86, sgx: updated MAINTAINERS Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 03/13] x86, sgx: add SGX definitions to cpufeature Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 04/13] x86, sgx: add SGX definitions to msr-index.h Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:25 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-19 13:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 14:01 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-21 17:22 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 05/13] x86, cpufeatures: add Intel-defined SGX leaf CPUID_12_EAX Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 06/13] crypto: aesni: add minimal build option for SGX LE Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:27 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-11 15:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 07/13] x86, sgx: detect Intel SGX Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:36 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-18 21:36 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-25 7:39 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 13:33 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-11 11:35 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-19 13:34 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 08/13] x86, sgx: added ENCLS wrappers Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:43 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-19 13:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-20 13:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-25 9:16 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 09/13] x86, sgx: basic routines for enclave page cache Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 18:21 ` Jethro Beekman
2018-06-18 21:33 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-25 7:36 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 14:08 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 15:44 ` Jethro Beekman
2018-06-08 18:24 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-19 14:57 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 15:19 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-19 15:32 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-25 9:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 15:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-25 9:14 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-10 5:32 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-11 15:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-20 13:21 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-25 9:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-25 16:14 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-20 15:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-25 9:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 10/13] intel_sgx: driver for Intel Software Guard Extensions Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 19:35 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-19 13:29 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 11/13] intel_sgx: ptrace() support Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 18:34 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-11 15:02 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-19 13:38 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 12/13] intel_sgx: driver documentation Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 18:32 ` Jethro Beekman
2018-06-19 13:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 21:41 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-06-19 13:31 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 17:09 ` [PATCH v11 13/13] intel_sgx: in-kernel launch enclave Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-08 18:50 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-19 15:05 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-10 5:39 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-11 5:17 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-11 11:52 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-12 4:55 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-12 17:45 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-18 21:58 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-19 13:17 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-20 16:28 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-20 18:16 ` Jethro Beekman
2018-06-20 18:39 ` Jethro Beekman
2018-06-20 21:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-21 12:32 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-21 15:29 ` Neil Horman
2018-06-21 19:11 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-21 21:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-25 21:00 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-25 22:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-21 22:48 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-25 21:06 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-25 23:40 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-25 9:41 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-25 15:45 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-06-25 21:28 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-26 8:43 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-26 15:01 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-27 15:31 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-21 12:12 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-25 9:27 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-25 21:26 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2018-06-20 7:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2018-06-12 10:50 ` [PATCH v11 00/13] Intel SGX1 support Pavel Machek
2018-06-19 14:59 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2018-06-19 20:04 ` Pavel Machek
2018-06-19 20:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-19 21:48 ` Josh Triplett
2018-12-09 20:06 ` Pavel Machek
2018-12-10 7:47 ` Josh Triplett
2018-12-10 8:27 ` Pavel Machek
2018-12-10 23:12 ` Josh Triplett
2018-12-11 18:10 ` Dave Hansen
2018-12-11 18:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2018-06-19 20:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 12:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-06-25 9:44 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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