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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas J. Adams, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Lee G. Rosenbaum, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Giri P. Mudusuru, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/34 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30189 (2013.01); G06F 9/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to establishing trust in system management mode. An operating system management mode driver can invoke a system management mode and provide a signature to the system management mode to authenticate the driver with. Additionally, a hash value of the driver can be used to determine whether the driver is authorized to invoke system management mode or particular operations or features of system management mode.