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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2021
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi Sahita, Portland, OR (US);
Utkarsh Y KAKAIYA, Folsom, CA (US);
Abhishek Basak, Bothell, WA (US);
Lee Albion, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Filip Schmole, Portland, OR (US);
Rupin Vakharwala, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Vinit M Abraham, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Raghunandan Makaram, Northborough, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for role-based register protection. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: one or more processor cores to execute instructions and process data, the one or more processor cores to execute one or more security instructions to protect a virtual machine or trusted application from a virtual machine monitor (VMM) or operating system (OS); an interconnect fabric to couple the one or more processor cores to a device; and security hardware logic to determine whether to allow a read or write transaction directed to a protected register to proceed over the interconnect fabric, the security hardware logic to evaluate one or more security attributes associated with an initiator of the transaction to make the determination.