SGX-hardware report "SGX is available for your CPU and enabled in BIOS" but can't run Remote Attestation sample
jasl opened this issue · 3 comments
Hi I've a MS-EARTHSHAKER H310M-VH (a very cheap motherboard) with Core i5 8400, SGX-hardware report:
eax: 906ea ebx: 6100800 ecx: 7ffafbbf edx: bfebfbff
stepping 10
model 14
family 6
processor type 0
extended model 9
extended family 0
smx: 0
Extended feature bits (EAX=07H, ECX=0H)
eax: 0 ebx: 29c67af ecx: 40000000 edx: 9c000000
sgx available: 1
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 0 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=0)
eax: 1 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 241f
sgx 1 supported: 1
sgx 2 supported: 0
MaxEnclaveSize_Not64: 1f
MaxEnclaveSize_64: 24
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 1 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=1)
eax: 36 ebx: 0 ecx: 1f edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 2 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=2)
eax: 50200001 ebx: 0 ecx: 5d80001 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 3 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=3)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 4 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=4)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 5 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=5)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 6 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=6)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 7 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=7)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 8 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=8)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
CPUID Leaf 12H, Sub-Leaf 9 of Intel SGX Capabilities (EAX=12H,ECX=9)
eax: 0 ebx: 0 ecx: 0 edx: 0
I think this means "SGX is available for your CPU and enabled in BIOS" and I installed latest pre-built SGX driver, PSW and SDK on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04.1.
Then I ran sample codes which SDK provides, it works well except Remote Attestation sample,
the output is:
Call sgx_get_extended_epid_group_id success.
MSG0 body generated -
4 bytes:
{
0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
}
Sending msg0 to remote attestation service provider.
Sent MSG0 to remote attestation service.
Call sgx_create_enclave success.
Call enclave_init_ra success.
sgx_ra_get_msg1 returns 4006
Error, call sgx_ra_get_msg1 fail [main].
Call enclave_ra_close success.
Enter a character before exit ...
I slightly modified the sample to exposing sgx_ra_get_msg1 return code, 4006 (SGX_ERROR_UPDATE_NEEDED) means Intel® SGX needs to be updated. (according to Error Codes)
I've googled SGX_ERROR_UPDATE_NEEDED or Intel® SGX needs to be updated. but not found any case, do you or someone report to you this situation? does it relates to BIOS?
Thanks for your contribution!
Regarding the SGX_ERROR_UPDATE_NEEDED when running the remote attestation sample: I never tried remote attestation nor I heard of anyone actively using it or having problems with it. I did a quick search on the Intel Forums and found this thread. It looks like this error is the result of unpatched systems because of the Meltdown / Spectre vulnerabilities. If any patches are available for your mainboard, you should apply them.
Please comment if you were able to remediate the issue or you got some official no-fix response from Intel or Maxsun.
Hi we just asked Intel for help, here's the respond intel/linux-sgx#329
So SGX_ERROR_UPDATE_NEEDED means BIOS microcode is outdated and waiting an update.
Sadly, MAXSUN didn't release newer BIOS, and we bought an ASUS TUF B360M-PLUS GAMING, and it works great.
Thanks for that information!