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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Adriaan Van DE Ven, Portland, OR (US);
Baiju V. Patel, Portland, OR (US);
Asit K. Mallick, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
James S. Coke, Haifa, IL;
Martin G. Dixon, Portland, OR (US);
Jason W. Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Adriaan Van De Ven, Portland, OR (US);
Baiju V. Patel, Portland, OR (US);
Asit K. Mallick, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
James S. Coke, Haifa, IL;
Martin G. Dixon, Portland, OR (US);
Jason W. Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for supervisor mode execution protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes an interface to access a memory, execution hardware, and control logic. A region in the memory is user memory. The execution hardware is to execute an instruction. The control logic is to prevent the execution hardware from executing the instruction when the instruction is stored in user memory and the processor is in supervisor mode.