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Entering a secured computing environment using multiple authenticated code modules

US9208292B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Sham M. Datta · Hillsboro, US
Ernie Brickell · Portland, US
Mohan J. Kumar · Beaverton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2153
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods, and for entering a secured system environment using multiple authenticated code modules are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decoder and control logic. The decoder is to decode a secured enter instruction. The control logic is to find an entry corresponding to the processor in a match table in a master authenticated code module and to read a master header and an individual authenticated code module from the master authenticated code module in response to decoding the secured enter instruction.

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