Intel Sends Out Linux Support For SGX Enclaves Support A 40th Time

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Sends Out Linux Support For SGX Enclaves Support A 40th Time

Intel didn't manage to get their Software Guard Extensions (SGX) support merged for the current Linux 5.10 LTS kernel cycle and it's still up in the air if it will be pulled in the near-term for providing the mainline kernel with SGX enclaves support...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SGX-40th-Linux-Patches

[doragasu]

Wasn't SGX broken?

[JonathanM]

Wasn't SGX broken?

I think it was tsx that was broken.

[flashmozzg]

I think it was tsx that was broken.

SGX is broken due to LVI: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...alue-Injection

[gojul]

TSX was broken on Haswell, not on Skylake. But well, full of security issues just like SGX...

[carewolf]

Wasn't SGX broken?

Doesn't matter it is DRM. It is broken by design.

[S.Pam]

This looks like Intel refuses to admit that SGX is flawed.. What cloud providers are using the patches?