Conditions for all positive $x$ solved by $\min \bf{x}^T\bf{x}$ $s.t. Ax=b$

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I want to find a condition for having all nonnegative $x_i$ in

$\min \bf{x}^T\bf{x}$

$s.t. \bf{Ax}=\bf{b}$

where $\bf{x}\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times 1}$, $\bf{A}\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$, $\bf{b}\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times 1}$ and $m<n$.

From a geometric perspective, I can infer that if there exists a closed region formed by the hyperplane $\bf{Ax}=\bf{b}$ and the positive axes, the solutions will be all positive. But it is so abstract that I can't prove it using formulas and theorem.