On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 5:16 AM Michael Sammler <msamm...@mpi-sws.org> wrote: > > We're currently working on a feature in chromium that uses pkeys for > > in-process isolation. Being able to use the pkey state in the seccomp > > filter would be pretty useful for this. For example, it would allow > > us to enforce that no code outside the isolated thread would ever > > map/mprotect executable memory. > > We can probably do something similar by adding instruction pointer > > checks to the seccomp filter, but that feels quite hacky and this > > feature would make a much nicer implementation. > > > > Are there any plans to make a version 2 of this patch? > > Thanks for your interest in this patch, but I am now working on other > projects and currently don't plan to make a version 2 of this patch.
I'd be happy to take over writing a version 2 for this. Kees and Dave, does this feature overall look good to you? >From the discussion, I think there are two proposed changes: * use an architecture-generic interface as Ram Pai suggested (i.e. add a read_pkey function) * ensure to restore the pkru value or fetch it from the xsave buffer
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