Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Make SEV_STATUS available via SYSFS

Joerg Roedel
2025-03-12T11:44:19Z

On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 12:59:50PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> I am not sure I understand your point.
>
> In TDX case it is as trusted as the kernel itself. If the system is
> attested, this info is going to accurate too as kernel gets information
> from trusted TDX module.
>
> But nobody suggested to use this information to judge the security of the
> system.

Version information about the TDX module is required for the security
evaluation at the verifier. The question is whether it makes sense to
expose this information in an untrusted way in the guest (even alongside
a trusted way), or if that makes tooling prefer the untrusted source
because it is easier.

The guest kernel is also only trusted after (runtime) verification.

Regards,

Joerg