On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 05:44:08PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-06-09 at 18:10 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 11:17:22AM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > > User_mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is enabled by setting/clearing a
> > > bit in %cr4.
> > >
> > >
On Fri, 2017-06-09 at 18:10 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 11:17:22AM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > User_mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is enabled by setting/clearing a
> > bit in %cr4.
> >
> > It makes sense to enable UMIP at some point while booting, before user
> >
On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 11:17:22AM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> User_mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is enabled by setting/clearing a
> bit in %cr4.
>
> It makes sense to enable UMIP at some point while booting, before user
> spaces come up. Like SMAP and SMEP, is not critical to have it enable
User_mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is enabled by setting/clearing a
bit in %cr4.
It makes sense to enable UMIP at some point while booting, before user
spaces come up. Like SMAP and SMEP, is not critical to have it enabled
very early during boot. This is because UMIP is relevant only when the