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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

May. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Zhijun Liu, Shanghai, CN;

Sumeet Kochar, Cary, NC (US);

He Huang, Shanghai, CN;

Wenguang Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1466 (2013.01); G06F 12/0607 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for unlocking a persistent region in memory are disclosed. An information handling apparatus includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having a persistent region that can either be locked or unlocked, and a firmware configured to determine whether the persistent region of the memory is locked, obtain a stored passphrase from a storage device if the persistent region is locked, and use the passphrase to unlock the persistent region of the memory.


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