CVE-2023-52568: x86/sgx: Resolves SECS reclaim vs. page fault for EAUG race
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/sgx: Resolves SECS reclaim vs. page fault for EAUG race
The SGX EPC reclaimer (ksgxd) may reclaim the SECS EPC page for an
enclave and set secs.epc_page to NULL. The SECS page is used for EAUG
and ELDU in the SGX page fault handler. However, the NULL check for
secs.epc_page is only done for ELDU, not EAUG before being used.
Fix this by doing the same NULL check and reloading of the SECS page as
needed for both EAUG and ELDU.
The SECS page holds global enclave metadata. It can only be reclaimed
when there are no other enclave pages remaining. At that point,
virtually nothing can be done with the enclave until the SECS page is
paged back in.
An enclave can not run nor generate page faults without a resident SECS
page. But it is still possible for a #PF for a non-SECS page to race
with paging out the SECS page: when the last resident non-SECS page A
triggers a #PF in a non-resident page B, and then page A and the SECS
both are paged out before the #PF on B is handled.
Hitting this bug requires that race triggered with a #PF for EAUG.
Following is a trace when it happens.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:sgx_encl_eaug_page+0xc7/0x210
Call Trace:
? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x16a/0x440
? xa_load+0x6e/0xa0
sgx_vma_fault+0x119/0x230
__do_fault+0x36/0x140
do_fault+0x12f/0x400
__handle_mm_fault+0x728/0x1110
handle_mm_fault+0x105/0x310
do_user_addr_fault+0x1e...
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2023-52568
Affected Products
Vendor: Linux
Product: Linux
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/811ba2ef0cb6402672e64ba1419d6ef95aa3405dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1348f7f15d7c7798456856bee74a4235c2da994e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6c2adcba50c2622ed25ba5d5e7f05f584711358