linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 00/11] Intel SGX Driver

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Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:18:54 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/11] Intel SGX Driver

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 03:07:50PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Sat 2017-11-25 21:29:17, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > Intel(R) SGX is a set of CPU instructions that can be used by applications to
> > set aside private regions of code and data. The code outside the enclave is
> > disallowed to access the memory inside the enclave by the CPU access control.
> > In a way you can think that SGX provides inverted sandbox. It protects the
> > application from a malicious host.
> 
> Would you list guarantees provided by SGX?
> 
> For example, host can still observe timing of cachelines being
> accessed by "protected" app, right? Can it also introduce bit flips?
> 
> 								Pavel

I'll put this in my backlog. Thank you.

/Jarkko