[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen master] SUPPORT.md: split XSM from Flask
commit d7c18b8720824d7efc39ffa7296751e1812865a9 Author: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed Sep 4 16:05:03 2024 +0200 Commit: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Wed Sep 4 16:05:03 2024 +0200 SUPPORT.md: split XSM from Flask XSM is a generic framework, which in particular is also used by SILO. With this it can't really be experimental: Arm mandates SILO for having a security supported configuration. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Smith <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- SUPPORT.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md index f822a7e607..23dd7e6424 100644 --- a/SUPPORT.md +++ b/SUPPORT.md @@ -769,13 +769,21 @@ Compile time disabled for ARM by default. Status, x86: Supported, not security supported -### XSM & FLASK +### XSM (Xen Security Module) Framework + +XSM is a security policy framework. The dummy implementation is covered by this +statement, and implements a policy whereby dom0 is all powerful. See below for +alternative modules (FLASK, SILO). + + Status: Supported + +### FLASK XSM Module Status: Experimental Compile time disabled by default. -Also note that using XSM +Also note that using FLASK to delegate various domain control hypercalls to particular other domains, rather than only permitting use by dom0, is also specifically excluded from security support for many hypercalls. @@ -788,6 +796,13 @@ Please see XSA-77 for more details. The default policy includes FLASK labels and roles for a "typical" Xen-based system with dom0, driver domains, stub domains, domUs, and so on. +### SILO XSM Module + +SILO extends the dummy policy by enforcing that DomU-s can only communicate +with Dom0, yet not with each other. + + Status: Supported + ## Virtual Hardware, Hypervisor ### x86/Nested PV -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#master
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