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Re: privileged entropy sources in QEMU/KVM guests


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: privileged entropy sources in QEMU/KVM guests
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:58:26 +0100
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On 07/11/19 14:27, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> The VirtioRngDxe driver is a UEFI driver that follows the UEFI driver
> model. Meaning (in this context), it is connected to the virtio-rng
> device in the BDS phase, by platform BDS code.
> 
> Put differently, the non-privileged driver that's the source of the
> sensitive data would have to be a "platform DXE driver". The virtio
> drivers are not such drivers however.

Yes, it would have to be a platform DXE driver.  What is it that limits
virtio to the BDS phase?

Paolo



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