Re: [PATCH v3 kvm/queue 01/16] mm/shmem: Introduce F_SEAL_INACCESSIBLE

[David Hildenbrand]

On 06.01.22 14:06, Chao Peng wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 03:22:07PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 23.12.21 13:29, Chao Peng wrote:
>>> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>>>
>>> Introduce a new seal F_SEAL_INACCESSIBLE indicating the content of
>>> the file is inaccessible from userspace in any possible ways like
>>> read(),write() or mmap() etc.
>>>
>>> It provides semantics required for KVM guest private memory support
>>> that a file descriptor with this seal set is going to be used as the
>>> source of guest memory in confidential computing environments such
>>> as Intel TDX/AMD SEV but may not be accessible from host userspace.
>>>
>>> At this time only shmem implements this seal.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h |  1 +
>>>  mm/shmem.c                 | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
>>> index 2f86b2ad6d7e..e2bad051936f 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
>>> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>>>  #define F_SEAL_GROW        0x0004  /* prevent file from growing */
>>>  #define F_SEAL_WRITE       0x0008  /* prevent writes */
>>>  #define F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE        0x0010  /* prevent future writes while 
>>> mapped */
>>> +#define F_SEAL_INACCESSIBLE        0x0020  /* prevent file from accessing 
>>> */
>>
>> I think this needs more clarification: the file content can still be
>> accessed using in-kernel mechanisms such as MEMFD_OPS for KVM. It
>> effectively disallows traditional access to a file (read/write/mmap)
>> that will result in ordinary MMU access to file content.
>>
>> Not sure how to best clarify that: maybe, prevent ordinary MMU access
>> (e.g., read/write/mmap) to file content?
> 
> Or: prevent userspace access (e.g., read/write/mmap) to file content?

The issue with that phrasing is that userspace will be able to access
that content, just via a different mechanism eventually ... e.g., via
the KVM MMU indirectly. If that makes it clearer what I mean :)

>>
>>>  /* (1U << 31) is reserved for signed error codes */
>>>  
>>>  /*
>>> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
>>> index 18f93c2d68f1..faa7e9b1b9bc 100644
>>> --- a/mm/shmem.c
>>> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
>>> @@ -1098,6 +1098,10 @@ static int shmem_setattr(struct user_namespace 
>>> *mnt_userns,
>>>                 (newsize > oldsize && (info->seals & F_SEAL_GROW)))
>>>                     return -EPERM;
>>>  
>>> +           if ((info->seals & F_SEAL_INACCESSIBLE) &&
>>> +               (newsize & ~PAGE_MASK))
>>> +                   return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>
>> What happens when sealing and there are existing mmaps?
> 
> I think this is similar to ftruncate, in either case we just allow that.
> The existing mmaps will be unmapped and KVM will be notified to
> invalidate the mapping in the secondary MMU as well. This assume we
> trust the userspace even though it can not access the file content.

Can't we simply check+forbid instead?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb