Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation

From	Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation
Date	2015-10-01 23:00 +0200
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On 10/01/2015 01:39 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>> * Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> wrote:
>>>> If yes then this could be a significant security feature / usecase for pkeys:
> 
> Which CPUs (will) have pkeys?

It hasn't been announced publicly, so all I can say here is "future ones".

>>>> executable sections of shared libraries and binaries could be mapped with pkey
>>>> access disabled. If I read the Intel documentation correctly then that should
>>>> be possible.
>>>
>>> Agreed.  I've even heard from some researchers who are interested in this:
>>>
>>> https://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/10/nuernberger2014ccs_disclosure.pdf
>>
>> So could we try to add an (opt-in) kernel option that enables this transparently
>> and automatically for all PROT_EXEC && !PROT_WRITE mappings, without any
>> user-space changes and syscalls necessary?
> 
> I would like this very much. :)

I'll go hack something together and see what breaks.

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Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-09-24 12:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-09-24 21:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-09-25 09:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-09-24 21:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-09-25 08:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-01 13:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2015-10-01 22:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-10-01 22:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-02 08:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-10-02 20:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-03 09:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-10-01 23:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-10-02 00:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-10-02 00:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2015-10-02 00:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-10-02 00:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-10-02 01:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-10-02 03:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> - 2015-10-02 20:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-02 09:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-03 09:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2015-10-02 13:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-10-02 14:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2015-10-02 14:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-03 08:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-10-02 01:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-02 08:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 26/26] x86, pkeys: Documentation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-03 10:20 +0200

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