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- the present disclosure relates generally to the field of data processing, and more particularly to methods and related apparatus for creating an isolated partition for a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM).
- vTPM virtual trusted platform module
- a data processing system may include hardware resources, such as a central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), etc.
- the processing system may also include software resources, such as a basic input/output system (BIOS), a virtual machine monitor (VMM), and one or more operating systems (OSs).
- BIOS basic input/output system
- VMM virtual machine monitor
- OSs operating systems
- the VMM may include a root OS, or it may run on top of a root OS.
- a root OS may also be referred to as a host OS.
- the VMM may create one or more virtual machines (VMs), and the VMs may boot to different guest OSs or to different instances of the same guest OS.
- the VMM may thus allow multiple OSs and applications to run in independent partitions.
- the CPU in such a data processing system may provide hardware support (e.g., instructions and data structures) for virtualization. Additional details about virtualization may be found in reference manuals such as the following:
- a processing system may also include features referred to as LaGrande Technology (LT), as developed by Intel Corporation.
- the LT features may provide for the protected measurement and launching of a VMM. Additional details concerning LT are provided in the publication entitled “The Intel Safer Computing Initiative: Building Blocks for Trusted Computing,” which is currently available at http://www.intel.com/intelpress/validation100/secc/SECC — 100Validation.pdf.
- LaGrande Technology may also be referred to as Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT).
- Intel® TXT Trusted Execution Technology: Preliminary Architecture Specification
- Intel® TXT Specification is currently available from http://www.intel.com/technology/security/downloads/315168.htm.
- a processing system may include a security coprocessor, such as a trusted platform module (TPM).
- TPM is a hardware component that resides within a processing system and provides various facilities and services for enhancing the security of the processing system.
- a TPM may be implemented as an integrated circuit (IC) or semiconductor chip, and it may be used to protect data and to attest to the runtime configuration of a platform.
- a TPM may be implemented in accordance with specifications such as the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) TPM Specification Version 1.2, dated Oct. 2, 2003 (hereinafter the “TPM specification”), which includes parts such as Design Principles, Structures of the TPM, and TPM Commands.
- TCG Trusted Computing Group
- TPM specification includes parts such as Design Principles, Structures of the TPM, and TPM Commands.
- the TPM specification is published by the TCG and is available from the Internet at www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/home.
- a TCG-compliant TPM provides security services such as attesting to the identity and/or integrity of the platform, based on characteristics of the platform.
- trusted computing technologies may provide facilities for measuring, recording, and reporting the software configuration of a platform.
- the measurements may include load-time measurements of software.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a suitable data processing environment in which certain aspects of an example embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process for creating an isolated partition for a virtual trusted platform module, according to an example embodiment of the present invention.
- processing system and “data processing system” are intended to broadly encompass a single machine, or a system of communicatively coupled machines or devices operating together.
- Example processing systems include, without limitation, distributed computing systems, supercomputers, high-performance computing systems, computing clusters, mainframe computers, mini-computers, client-server systems, personal computers, workstations, servers, portable computers, laptop computers, tablets, telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), handheld devices, entertainment devices such as audio and/or video devices, and other platforms or devices for processing or transmitting information.
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a suitable data processing environment 12 in which certain aspects of an example embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
- Data processing environment 12 includes a processing system 20 that has various hardware components 82 , such as a CPU 22 and various other components, which may be communicatively coupled via one or more system buses 24 or other communication pathways or mediums.
- CPU 22 may include two or more processing units, such as processing unit 30 and processing unit 32 .
- a processing system may include a CPU with one processing unit, or multiple processors, each having at least one processing unit.
- the processing units may be implemented as processing cores, as Hyper-Threading (HT) technology, or as any other suitable technology for executing multiple threads simultaneously or substantially simultaneously.
- HT Hyper-Threading
- processor 22 is communicatively coupled to one or more volatile or non-volatile data storage devices, such as RAM 26 , ROM 42 , mass storage devices 36 such as hard drives, and/or other devices or media, such as floppy disks, optical storage, tapes, flash memory, memory sticks, digital video disks, etc.
- volatile or non-volatile data storage devices such as RAM 26 , ROM 42 , mass storage devices 36 such as hard drives, and/or other devices or media, such as floppy disks, optical storage, tapes, flash memory, memory sticks, digital video disks, etc.
- the terms “read-only memory” and “ROM” may be used in general to refer to non- volatile memory devices such as erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash ROM, flash memory, etc.
- EPROM erasable programmable ROM
- EEPROM electrically erasable programmable ROM
- flash memory etc.
- Processor 22 may also be communicatively coupled to additional components, such as a video controller, integrated drive electronics (IDE) controllers, small computer system interface (SCSI) controllers, universal serial bus (USB) controllers, input/output (I/O) ports 28 , input devices, output devices such as a display, etc.
- a chipset 34 in processing system 20 may serve to interconnect various hardware components.
- Chipset 34 may include one or more bridges and/or hubs, as well as other logic and storage components.
- processor 22 is communicatively coupled to a security processor such as TPM 44 via chipset 34 .
- Processing system 20 may be controlled, at least in part, by input from conventional input devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and/or by directives received from another machine, biometric feedback, or other input sources or signals. Processing system 20 may utilize one or more connections to one or more remote data processing systems 90 , such as through a network interface controller (NIC) 40 , a modem, or other communication ports or couplings. Processing systems may be interconnected by way of a physical and/or logical network 92 , such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), an intranet, the Internet, etc.
- LAN local area network
- WAN wide area network
- intranet the Internet
- Communications involving network 92 may utilize various wired and/or wireless short range or long range carriers and protocols, including radio frequency (RF), satellite, microwave, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, 802.16, 802.20, Bluetooth, optical, infrared, cable, laser, etc.
- Protocols for 802.11 may also be referred to as wireless fidelity (WiFi) protocols.
- Protocols for 802.16 may also be referred to as WiMAX or wireless metropolitan area network protocols, and information concerning those protocols is currently available at grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/16/published.html.
- Some components may be implemented as adapter cards with interfaces (e.g., a PCI connector) for communicating with a bus.
- one or more devices may be implemented as embedded controllers, using components such as programmable or non-programmable logic devices or arrays, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), embedded processors, smart cards, and the like.
- ASICs application-specific integrated circuits
- the invention may be described herein with reference to data such as instructions, functions, procedures, data structures, application programs, configuration settings, etc.
- the machine may respond by performing tasks, defining abstract data types or low-level hardware contexts, and/or performing other operations, as described in greater detail below.
- the data may be stored in volatile and/or non-volatile data storage.
- program covers a broad range of software components and constructs, including applications, drivers, processes, routines, methods, modules, and subprograms.
- the term “program” can be used to refer to a complete compilation unit (i.e., a set of instructions that can be compiled independently), a collection of compilation units, or a portion of a compilation unit.
- the term “program” may be used to refer to any collection of instructions which, when executed by a processing system, perform a desired operation or operations.
- the programs in processing system 20 may be considered components of a software environment 84 .
- the software environment 84 may include BIOS components, system management mode (SMM) components, OS components, VMM components, user applications, etc.
- Processing systems may include embedded information technology (EIT) that supports system management.
- EIT embedded information technology
- an EIT platform may support verified boot using Intel® TXT and capabilities of a TPM.
- a virtual machine (VM) in the platform may make use of core capabilities of a TPM.
- Such a VM may run a user OS such as Microsoft® Windows VistaTM, for example.
- a conventional platform may be unable to share a hardware TPM among multiple VMs while maintaining security guarantees of the TPM.
- an EIT platform that provides VMs with virtualized TPMs (vTPMs) may be able to maintain security guarantees of the vTPMs and the underlying hardware TPM.
- vTPMs virtualized TPMs
- One architecture for providing VMs with vTPMs may use a distinct software TPM (sTPM) to hold the context for the vTPM of each VM.
- sTPM software TPM
- each partition has an sTPM context in which both temporal and persistent state is managed.
- a guest VM or user VM 52 may run a user OS 54 , and the platform may use an sTPM 56 to maintain context for a vTPM for that VM.
- vTPM refers to an sTPM for a VM, in conjunction with some or all of the associated control logic for providing TPM services for that VM.
- User OS 54 may include a kernel 55 with a TPM driver 57 .
- User VM 52 may also include various guest applications 58 .
- processing system 20 also includes a host VM or service VM 62 that runs a service OS 64 , such as Linux.
- Service OS 64 may include an attestation agent, a certifiable migratable key (CMK) agent, an endorsement key (EK) credential factory, and other service applications 68 .
- Service OS 64 may include a kernel 65 with a para-virtualized TPM driver 67 .
- Processing system 20 may use another sTPM 66 to hold the context for a vTPM for service VM 62 .
- Service VM 62 may provide management and security services to support remote management of processing system 20 .
- Processing system 20 also includes a management VM 70 with various management applications 78 to provide device virtualization.
- management applications 78 may handle security configuration, scheduling configuration, and hardware configuration for the other VMs.
- the applications in management VM 70 may control which VMs can use NIC 40 , which VMs can use various input/output devices, etc.
- management VM 70 has special execution privileges, such as direct access to devices and hardware.
- vTPM VM 80 for providing vTPMs for other VMs, such as user VM 52 and service VM 62 .
- partition may be used to refer to an isolated execution environment, a VM, or any similar environment for maintaining separation between operating environments.
- vTPM VM 80 includes a vTPM manager 88 with EK credential support.
- a TPM driver 87 and a TPM device model 89 may also reside in vTPM VM 80 .
- vTPM VM 80 may include the sTPMs for other VMs, such as sTPM 56 and sTPM 66 , as well as a storage manager for providing storage services. For instance, the storage manager may save persistent state into nonvolatile storage (NVS) 35 in chipset 34 .
- vTPM manager 88 may apply a cryptographic wrapper to protect the persistent state from tampering.
- Processing system 20 also has a VMM 100 with a memory-mapped input/output (MMIO) trap 102 .
- the dashed lines in FIG. 1 illustrate which components communicate with which other components to implement vTPMs. For instance, FIG. 1 has dashed lines between TPM driver 57 , MMIO trap 102 , TPM device model 89 , vTPM manager 88 , and sTPM 56 . Those dashed lines illustrate that MMIO trap 102 intercepts communications from the TPM drivers and directs them to vTPM VM 80 , via TPM device model 89 , to be handled with the context from the appropriate sTPM.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an example process for creating an isolated partition for vTPMs, in the context of the processing system of FIG. 1 .
- the process may begin after processing system 20 has booted BIOS 43 .
- processing system 20 may then launch VMM 100 , management VM 70 , vTPM VM 80 , service VM 62 , and user VM 52 .
- VMM 100 management VM 70 , vTPM VM 80 , service VM 62 , and user VM 52 .
- processing system 20 loads vTPM manager 88 into vTPM VM 80 , loads other virtual machine management programs into management VM 70 , loads service OS 64 into service VM 62 , and loads user OS 54 and user applications 58 into user VM 52 .
- vTPM manager 88 may then create sTPM 56 and sTPM 66 for user VM 52 and service VM 62 , respectively, to instantiate vTPMs for user VM 52 and service VM 62 .
- TPM driver 57 and TPM driver 87 are the same driver, but they are configured to point to different devices or addresses. For instance, TPM driver 57 may point to addresses associated with sTPM 56 , while TPM driver 87 may point to addresses associated with hardware TPM 44 .
- the user VMs may use different TPM drivers from the vTPM VM.
- VMM 100 and vTPM VM 80 may then cooperate to provide vTPM services for user VM 52 and service VM 62 .
- user applications 58 may access the vTPM for user VM 52 through TPM driver 57 .
- MMIO trap 102 may intercept communications from TPM driver 57 and direct them to vTPM VM 80 , via TPM device model 89 .
- the requested vTPM operation may then be handled by vTPM manager 88 with the context from sTPM 56 .
- vTPM manager 88 may access hardware TPM 44 , via TPM driver 87 .
- processing system 20 may use these same kind of processing steps to process those operations, but instead using sTPM 66 .
- Service OS applications 68 may also access a fully-virtualized TPM through TPM driver 67 .
- service OS 64 is not permitted to have complete control of hardware TPM 44 under any circumstances, and neither is any other VM, except for vTPM VM 80 .
- processing system 20 may allow partial access to hardware TPM 44 from a trusted VM (e.g., service VM 62 ) by using para-virtualized TPM driver 67 .
- service OS 64 may use para-virtualized TPM driver 67 to communicate with vTPM for service VM 62 , via vTPM manager 88 .
- management applications 78 may provide other types of virtualization services, such as providing for virtualization of NICs, I/O devices, and other devices, other than the TPM.
- management VM 70 contains virtual machine management programs other than vTPM manager 88 and MMIO trap 102 .
- service OS 64 may provide services such as authentication of remote entities, enforcement of security policies, and other functions for supporting remote management of processing system 20 .
- the process may then return to block 240 , with processing system 20 continuing to support the various VMs, as appropriate.
- the entire vTPM subsystem is partitioned in a separate vTPM partition (i.e., vTPM VM 80 ).
- vTPM VM 80 This increases the security of the solution, as it separates the control logic and data for the vTPM implementation from several non-vTPM related applications, which run in a separate VM (i.e., management VM 70 ).
- the vTPM partition is a virtual machine with minimal OS or monolithic code.
- the vTPM partition is isolated from management VM 70 and from any other VM (e.g., user VM 52 and service VM 62 ). The isolation of the vTPM implementation also reduces the available surface of attack on the vTPM itself, and therefore provides additional security.
- Alternative embodiments of the invention also include machine accessible media encoding instructions for performing the operations of the invention. Such embodiments may also be referred to as program products.
- Such machine accessible media may include, without limitation, storage media such as floppy disks, hard disks, CD-ROMs, ROM, and RAM; and other detectable arrangements of particles manufactured or formed by a machine or device. Instructions may also be used in a distributed environment, and may be stored locally and/or remotely for access by single or multi-processor machines.
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A data processing system isolates a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) manager in the processing system from other management software in the processing system. In one example process, the processing system launches a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that includes a memory-mapped input/output (MMIO) trap. The processing system also launches a vTPM manager in a first virtual machine (VM). In addition, the processing system launches a second VM to contain virtual machine management programs other than the vTPM manager and the MMIO trap. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/837,378, filed Aug. 10, 2007, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present disclosure relates generally to the field of data processing, and more particularly to methods and related apparatus for creating an isolated partition for a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM).
- A data processing system may include hardware resources, such as a central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), etc. The processing system may also include software resources, such as a basic input/output system (BIOS), a virtual machine monitor (VMM), and one or more operating systems (OSs). When the computer system is started or reset, it may load the BIOS, and then the VMM. The VMM may include a root OS, or it may run on top of a root OS. A root OS may also be referred to as a host OS. The VMM may create one or more virtual machines (VMs), and the VMs may boot to different guest OSs or to different instances of the same guest OS. The VMM may thus allow multiple OSs and applications to run in independent partitions.
- The CPU in such a data processing system may provide hardware support (e.g., instructions and data structures) for virtualization. Additional details about virtualization may be found in reference manuals such as the following:
- Intel® Virtualization Technology Specification for the IA-32 Intel® Architecture, dated April 2005 (hereinafter “the VT-x Specification”); and
- IA-32 Intel® Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2B: Instruction Set Reference, N-Z, dated June 2006.
- Other manufacturers may produce processors with different features for supporting virtualization. A processing system may also include features referred to as LaGrande Technology (LT), as developed by Intel Corporation. The LT features may provide for the protected measurement and launching of a VMM. Additional details concerning LT are provided in the publication entitled “The Intel Safer Computing Initiative: Building Blocks for Trusted Computing,” which is currently available at http://www.intel.com/intelpress/validation100/secc/SECC—100Validation.pdf. For purposes of this disclosure, LaGrande Technology may also be referred to as Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT). Additional details concerning Intel® TXT are provided in the publication entitled “Intel® Trusted Execution Technology: Preliminary Architecture Specification” and dated November 2006 (the “Intel® TXT Specification”). The Intel® TXT Specification is currently available from http://www.intel.com/technology/security/downloads/315168.htm.
- In addition to RAM and one or more CPUs, a processing system may include a security coprocessor, such as a trusted platform module (TPM). A TPM is a hardware component that resides within a processing system and provides various facilities and services for enhancing the security of the processing system. For example, a TPM may be implemented as an integrated circuit (IC) or semiconductor chip, and it may be used to protect data and to attest to the runtime configuration of a platform. A TPM may be implemented in accordance with specifications such as the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) TPM Specification Version 1.2, dated Oct. 2, 2003 (hereinafter the “TPM specification”), which includes parts such as Design Principles, Structures of the TPM, and TPM Commands. The TPM specification is published by the TCG and is available from the Internet at www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/home.
- In general, a TCG-compliant TPM provides security services such as attesting to the identity and/or integrity of the platform, based on characteristics of the platform. For instance, trusted computing technologies may provide facilities for measuring, recording, and reporting the software configuration of a platform. For instance, the measurements may include load-time measurements of software.
- Features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the appended claims, the following detailed description of one or more example embodiments, and the corresponding figures, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a suitable data processing environment in which certain aspects of an example embodiment of the present invention may be implemented; and -
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process for creating an isolated partition for a virtual trusted platform module, according to an example embodiment of the present invention. - As used herein, the terms “processing system” and “data processing system” are intended to broadly encompass a single machine, or a system of communicatively coupled machines or devices operating together. Example processing systems include, without limitation, distributed computing systems, supercomputers, high-performance computing systems, computing clusters, mainframe computers, mini-computers, client-server systems, personal computers, workstations, servers, portable computers, laptop computers, tablets, telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), handheld devices, entertainment devices such as audio and/or video devices, and other platforms or devices for processing or transmitting information.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a suitabledata processing environment 12 in which certain aspects of an example embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.Data processing environment 12 includes aprocessing system 20 that hasvarious hardware components 82, such as aCPU 22 and various other components, which may be communicatively coupled via one ormore system buses 24 or other communication pathways or mediums. - This disclosure uses the term “bus” to refer to shared communication pathways, as well as point-to-point pathways.
CPU 22 may include two or more processing units, such asprocessing unit 30 andprocessing unit 32. Alternatively, a processing system may include a CPU with one processing unit, or multiple processors, each having at least one processing unit. The processing units may be implemented as processing cores, as Hyper-Threading (HT) technology, or as any other suitable technology for executing multiple threads simultaneously or substantially simultaneously. - In the embodiment of
FIG. 1 ,processor 22 is communicatively coupled to one or more volatile or non-volatile data storage devices, such asRAM 26,ROM 42,mass storage devices 36 such as hard drives, and/or other devices or media, such as floppy disks, optical storage, tapes, flash memory, memory sticks, digital video disks, etc. For purposes of this disclosure, the terms “read-only memory” and “ROM” may be used in general to refer to non- volatile memory devices such as erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash ROM, flash memory, etc.Processor 22 may also be communicatively coupled to additional components, such as a video controller, integrated drive electronics (IDE) controllers, small computer system interface (SCSI) controllers, universal serial bus (USB) controllers, input/output (I/O)ports 28, input devices, output devices such as a display, etc. Achipset 34 inprocessing system 20 may serve to interconnect various hardware components.Chipset 34 may include one or more bridges and/or hubs, as well as other logic and storage components. In the example embodiment,processor 22 is communicatively coupled to a security processor such as TPM 44 viachipset 34. -
Processing system 20 may be controlled, at least in part, by input from conventional input devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and/or by directives received from another machine, biometric feedback, or other input sources or signals.Processing system 20 may utilize one or more connections to one or more remotedata processing systems 90, such as through a network interface controller (NIC) 40, a modem, or other communication ports or couplings. Processing systems may be interconnected by way of a physical and/orlogical network 92, such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), an intranet, the Internet, etc.Communications involving network 92 may utilize various wired and/or wireless short range or long range carriers and protocols, including radio frequency (RF), satellite, microwave, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, 802.16, 802.20, Bluetooth, optical, infrared, cable, laser, etc. Protocols for 802.11 may also be referred to as wireless fidelity (WiFi) protocols. Protocols for 802.16 may also be referred to as WiMAX or wireless metropolitan area network protocols, and information concerning those protocols is currently available at grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/16/published.html. - Some components may be implemented as adapter cards with interfaces (e.g., a PCI connector) for communicating with a bus. In some embodiments, one or more devices may be implemented as embedded controllers, using components such as programmable or non-programmable logic devices or arrays, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), embedded processors, smart cards, and the like.
- The invention may be described herein with reference to data such as instructions, functions, procedures, data structures, application programs, configuration settings, etc. When the data is accessed by a machine, the machine may respond by performing tasks, defining abstract data types or low-level hardware contexts, and/or performing other operations, as described in greater detail below. The data may be stored in volatile and/or non-volatile data storage. For purposes of this disclosure, the term “program” covers a broad range of software components and constructs, including applications, drivers, processes, routines, methods, modules, and subprograms. The term “program” can be used to refer to a complete compilation unit (i.e., a set of instructions that can be compiled independently), a collection of compilation units, or a portion of a compilation unit. Thus, the term “program” may be used to refer to any collection of instructions which, when executed by a processing system, perform a desired operation or operations.
- The programs in
processing system 20 may be considered components of asoftware environment 84. Thesoftware environment 84 may include BIOS components, system management mode (SMM) components, OS components, VMM components, user applications, etc. - Processing systems may include embedded information technology (EIT) that supports system management. For instance, an EIT platform may support verified boot using Intel® TXT and capabilities of a TPM. In addition, a virtual machine (VM) in the platform may make use of core capabilities of a TPM. Such a VM may run a user OS such as Microsoft® Windows Vista™, for example. However, a conventional platform may be unable to share a hardware TPM among multiple VMs while maintaining security guarantees of the TPM.
- By contrast, an EIT platform that provides VMs with virtualized TPMs (vTPMs) may be able to maintain security guarantees of the vTPMs and the underlying hardware TPM. One architecture for providing VMs with vTPMs may use a distinct software TPM (sTPM) to hold the context for the vTPM of each VM. In the example embodiment, each partition has an sTPM context in which both temporal and persistent state is managed.
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processing system 20, a guest VM or user VM 52 may run a user OS 54, and the platform may use ansTPM 56 to maintain context for a vTPM for that VM. As used herein, the term “vTPM” refers to an sTPM for a VM, in conjunction with some or all of the associated control logic for providing TPM services for that VM. User OS 54 may include a kernel 55 with aTPM driver 57. User VM 52 may also include various guest applications 58. - In the example embodiment,
processing system 20 also includes a host VM orservice VM 62 that runs aservice OS 64, such as Linux.Service OS 64 may include an attestation agent, a certifiable migratable key (CMK) agent, an endorsement key (EK) credential factory, andother service applications 68.Service OS 64 may include akernel 65 with apara-virtualized TPM driver 67.Processing system 20 may use anothersTPM 66 to hold the context for a vTPM forservice VM 62.Service VM 62 may provide management and security services to support remote management ofprocessing system 20. -
Processing system 20 also includes amanagement VM 70 withvarious management applications 78 to provide device virtualization. For instance,management applications 78 may handle security configuration, scheduling configuration, and hardware configuration for the other VMs. Thus, the applications inmanagement VM 70 may control which VMs can useNIC 40, which VMs can use various input/output devices, etc. In the example embodiment,management VM 70 has special execution privileges, such as direct access to devices and hardware. -
Processing system 20 also has a separate partition, such asvTPM VM 80, for providing vTPMs for other VMs, such as user VM 52 andservice VM 62. The term “partition” may be used to refer to an isolated execution environment, a VM, or any similar environment for maintaining separation between operating environments. In the example embodiment,vTPM VM 80 includes avTPM manager 88 with EK credential support. ATPM driver 87 and aTPM device model 89 may also reside invTPM VM 80. In addition,vTPM VM 80 may include the sTPMs for other VMs, such assTPM 56 andsTPM 66, as well as a storage manager for providing storage services. For instance, the storage manager may save persistent state into nonvolatile storage (NVS) 35 inchipset 34. In addition,vTPM manager 88 may apply a cryptographic wrapper to protect the persistent state from tampering. -
Processing system 20 also has aVMM 100 with a memory-mapped input/output (MMIO)trap 102. The dashed lines inFIG. 1 illustrate which components communicate with which other components to implement vTPMs. For instance,FIG. 1 has dashed lines betweenTPM driver 57,MMIO trap 102,TPM device model 89,vTPM manager 88, andsTPM 56. Those dashed lines illustrate thatMMIO trap 102 intercepts communications from the TPM drivers and directs them tovTPM VM 80, viaTPM device model 89, to be handled with the context from the appropriate sTPM. -
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an example process for creating an isolated partition for vTPMs, in the context of the processing system ofFIG. 1 . The process may begin after processingsystem 20 has bootedBIOS 43. As shown atblocks processing system 20 may then launchVMM 100,management VM 70,vTPM VM 80,service VM 62, and user VM 52. As depicted inFIG. 1 ,processing system 20loads vTPM manager 88 intovTPM VM 80, loads other virtual machine management programs intomanagement VM 70, loadsservice OS 64 intoservice VM 62, and loads user OS 54 and user applications 58 into user VM 52. - As shown at
block 220,vTPM manager 88 may then create sTPM 56 andsTPM 66 for user VM 52 andservice VM 62, respectively, to instantiate vTPMs for user VM 52 andservice VM 62. In one embodiment,TPM driver 57 andTPM driver 87 are the same driver, but they are configured to point to different devices or addresses. For instance,TPM driver 57 may point to addresses associated withsTPM 56, whileTPM driver 87 may point to addresses associated withhardware TPM 44. In alternative embodiments, the user VMs may use different TPM drivers from the vTPM VM. -
VMM 100 andvTPM VM 80 may then cooperate to provide vTPM services for user VM 52 andservice VM 62. For example, user applications 58 may access the vTPM for user VM 52 throughTPM driver 57. As shown atblocks 240 and 242 (and as described above with regard to the dashed lines inFIG. 1 ),MMIO trap 102 may intercept communications fromTPM driver 57 and direct them tovTPM VM 80, viaTPM device model 89. The requested vTPM operation may then be handled byvTPM manager 88 with the context fromsTPM 56. If necessary, when processing the requested vTPM operation for user OS 54,vTPM manager 88 may accesshardware TPM 44, viaTPM driver 87. Whenservice OS 64 executes vTPM operations,processing system 20 may use these same kind of processing steps to process those operations, but instead usingsTPM 66. -
Service OS applications 68 may also access a fully-virtualized TPM throughTPM driver 67. In one embodiment,service OS 64 is not permitted to have complete control ofhardware TPM 44 under any circumstances, and neither is any other VM, except forvTPM VM 80. However, to accommodate isolated cases whereservice OS 64 may need access to hardware TPM capabilities (e.g. for attestation),processing system 20 may allow partial access tohardware TPM 44 from a trusted VM (e.g., service VM 62) by usingpara-virtualized TPM driver 67. Thus,service OS 64 may usepara-virtualized TPM driver 67 to communicate with vTPM forservice VM 62, viavTPM manager 88. - Also, as shown at
block 250,management applications 78 may provide other types of virtualization services, such as providing for virtualization of NICs, I/O devices, and other devices, other than the TPM. In one embodiment,management VM 70 contains virtual machine management programs other thanvTPM manager 88 andMMIO trap 102. - In addition, as shown at
block 252,service OS 64 may provide services such as authentication of remote entities, enforcement of security policies, and other functions for supporting remote management ofprocessing system 20. The process may then return to block 240, withprocessing system 20 continuing to support the various VMs, as appropriate. - In the example embodiment, the entire vTPM subsystem is partitioned in a separate vTPM partition (i.e., vTPM VM 80). This increases the security of the solution, as it separates the control logic and data for the vTPM implementation from several non-vTPM related applications, which run in a separate VM (i.e., management VM 70). In one embodiment, the vTPM partition is a virtual machine with minimal OS or monolithic code. However, the vTPM partition is isolated from
management VM 70 and from any other VM (e.g., user VM 52 and service VM 62). The isolation of the vTPM implementation also reduces the available surface of attack on the vTPM itself, and therefore provides additional security. - In light of the principles and example embodiments described and illustrated herein, it will be recognized that the illustrated embodiments can be modified in arrangement and detail without departing from such principles. Also, the foregoing discussion has focused on particular embodiments, but other configurations are contemplated. In particular, even though expressions such as “in one embodiment,” “in another embodiment,” or the like are used herein, these phrases are meant to generally reference embodiment possibilities, and are not intended to limit the invention to particular embodiment configurations. As used herein, these terms may reference the same or different embodiments that are combinable into other embodiments.
- Similarly, although example processes have been described with regard to particular operations performed in a particular sequence, numerous modifications could be applied to those processes to derive numerous alternative embodiments of the present invention. For example, alternative embodiments may include processes that use fewer than all of the disclosed operations, processes that use additional operations, processes that use the same operations in a different sequence, and processes in which the individual operations disclosed herein are combined, subdivided, or otherwise altered.
- Alternative embodiments of the invention also include machine accessible media encoding instructions for performing the operations of the invention. Such embodiments may also be referred to as program products. Such machine accessible media may include, without limitation, storage media such as floppy disks, hard disks, CD-ROMs, ROM, and RAM; and other detectable arrangements of particles manufactured or formed by a machine or device. Instructions may also be used in a distributed environment, and may be stored locally and/or remotely for access by single or multi-processor machines.
- It should also be understood that the hardware and software components depicted herein represent functional elements that are reasonably self-contained so that each can be designed, constructed, or updated substantially independently of the others. In alternative embodiments, many of the components may be implemented as hardware, software, or combinations of hardware and software for providing the functionality described and illustrated herein.
- In view of the wide variety of useful permutations that may be readily derived from the example embodiments described herein, this detailed description is intended to be illustrative only, and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention. What is claimed as the invention, therefore, is all implementations that come within the scope and spirit of the following claims and all equivalents to such implementations.
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1. A method comprising:
launching a service operating system (OS) in a service virtual machine (VM) in a processing system;
launching a user OS in a guest VM in the processing system;
instantiating a first virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) for use by the service OS of the service VM; and
instantiating a second vTPM for use by the user OS of the guest VM, wherein the first and second vTPMs are instantiated by creation of software TPMs (sTPMs) in a partition of the processing system.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the partition comprises a VM including a vTPM manager.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising providing a TPM driver and a TPM device model in the partition.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising providing a second TPM driver in the guest VM, and configuring the second TPM driver to point to an address associated with a first one of the sTPMs.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising configuring the TPM driver to point to an address associated with a hardware TPM in the processing system.
6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising accessing the second vTPM through the second TPM driver via a user application.
7. The method of claim 2 , further comprising launching a virtual machine monitor (VMM) in the processing system, the VMM to include a memory-mapped input/output (MMIO) trap, launching the vTPM manager in the VM, and launching a second VM to contain virtual machine management programs other than the vTPM manager and the MMIO trap.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
intercepting, at the MMIO trap in the VMM, information from the second TPM driver for the guest OS; and
in response to intercepting the information from the second TPM driver at the MMIO trap, communicating between the VMM and the vTPM manager.
9. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
using the TPM driver to communicate with a hardware TPM in the processing system; and
using a para-virtualized TPM driver for the service OS to communicate with the first vTPM.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising intercepting an operation of the service OS involving the first vTPM, and using the vTPM manager to process the operation of the service OS involving the first vTPM.
11. A processing system comprising:
a processor to execute instructions;
a trusted platform module (TPM); and
a non-transitory storage including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processing system to performing operations comprising:
launching a service operating system (OS) in a service virtual machine (VM);
launching a user OS in a guest VM;
instantiating a first virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) for use by the service OS of the service VM; and
instantiating a second vTPM for use by the user OS of the guest VM,
wherein the first and second vTPMs are instantiated by creation of software TPMs (sTPMs) in a partition of the processing system.
12. The processing system of claim 11 , wherein the partition comprises a VM including a vTPM manager.
13. The processing system of claim 12 , wherein the partition comprises a TPM driver and a TPM device model.
14. The processing system of claim 13 , further comprising a second TPM driver in the guest VM, the second TPM driver to point to an address associated with a first one of the sTPMs.
15. The processing system of claim 14 , wherein the TPM driver is to point to an address associated with the TPM.
16. An article comprising a machine-accessible storage medium including instructions that when executed cause a system to:
launch a service operating system (OS) in a service virtual machine (VM);
launch a user OS in a guest VM;
instantiate a first virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) for use by the service OS of the service VM; and
instantiate a second vTPM for use by the user OS of the guest VM, wherein the first and second vTPMs are instantiated by creation of software TPMs (sTPMs) in a partition of the system.
17. The article of claim 16 , wherein the partition comprises a VM including a vTPM manager.
18. The article of claim 17 , further comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to provide a TPM driver and a TPM device model in the partition.
19. The article of claim 18 , further comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to provide a second TPM driver in the guest VM, and configure the second TPM driver to point to an address associated with a first one of the sTPMs.
20. The article of claim 19 , further comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to configure the TPM driver to point to an address associated with a hardware TPM in the system.
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