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Ask HN: Does Intel's CET Proposal Conflict with Protection Keys? | Better HN
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Ask HN: Does Intel's CET Proposal Conflict with Protection Keys?
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trapperkeeper74
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Correct me if I'm wrong: doesn't the CET 2.0 proposal changes to paging entries (SSS bit 60) conflict with PKRU protection keys index bits (PK 62:59)? It seems like they might want to update the proposal again to use bit 58 for SSS instead of 60.
