INSTRUCTION SUPPORT FOR SAVING AND RESTORING KEY INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220207155A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17134348

    申请日:2020-12-26

    Abstract: Detailed herein is instruction level support to allow untrusted software to save/restore key state from the memory encryption engine to support S3/S4 flows on clients. In a first embodiment, the save/restore is done by the untrusted software and encryption hardware alone. In another embodiment, a security engine (which forms the root of trust on the platform) is involved to protect the keys before handing over to untrusted software. Either embodiment uses the instructions introduced herein which may work differently underneath depending on the implementation option chosen.

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