Re: Linux guest kernel threat model for Confidential Computing

Kirill A. Shutemov
2023-01-25T16:02:07Z

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:45:48AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 04:16:02PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Everyone wants a subset, different from other's subset, which means you
> > need them all. Sorry.
>
> Well if there's a very popular system (virtual in this case) that needs
> a specific config to work well, then I guess
> arch/x86/configs/ccguest.config or whatever might be acceptable, no?
> Lots of precedent here.

OS vendors want the single kernel that fits all sizes: it should be
possible (and secure) to run a generic disto kernel within TDX/SEV guest.

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