Transparent interpretation of guest instructions in secure virtual machine environment

    公开(公告)号:GB2595428B

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-13

    申请号:GB202113915

    申请日:2020-02-27

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer implemented method includes executing, by a virtual machine that is executing on a host server, a stream of instructions, wherein an instruction from the stream of instructions is to be intercepted to a hypervisor. The method further includes, based on a determination that the virtual machine is a secure virtual machine, preventing the hypervisor from directly accessing any data of the secure virtual machine. The method further includes performing by a secure interface control of the host server, based on a determination that the instruction is not interpretable by the secure interface control itself, extracting one or more parameter data associated with the instruction from the secure virtual machine, and storing the parameter data into a buffer that is accessible by the hypervisor. The instruction is subsequently intercepted into the hypervisor.

    Transparent interpretation of guest instructions in secure virtual machine environment

    公开(公告)号:GB2595428A

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-24

    申请号:GB202113915

    申请日:2020-02-27

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed. The method includes executing, by a virtual machine that is executing on a host server, a stream of instructions, wherein an instruction from the stream of instructions is to be intercepted to a hypervisor. The method further includes, based on a determination that the virtual machine is a secure virtual machine, preventing the hypervisor from directly accessing any data of the secure virtual machine. The method further includes performing by a secure interface control of the host server, based on a determination that the instruction is not interpretable by the secure interface control itself, extracting one or more parameter data associated with the instruction from the secure virtual machine, and storing the parameter data into a buffer that is accessible by the hypervisor. The instruction is subsequently intercepted into the hypervisor.

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