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Is the kata-container memory-safe? #9569

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zibinpan opened this issue Apr 29, 2024 · 1 comment
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Is the kata-container memory-safe? #9569

zibinpan opened this issue Apr 29, 2024 · 1 comment
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If I create a container by kata, and my cloud server doesn't support SGX or TDX, then, is this container memory safe?

In other words, can the cloud host utilize some technologies like mapping the memory of the kata container to the real memory and using memory analysis to steal the data in my container?

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lifupan commented Apr 29, 2024

If I create a container by kata, and my cloud server doesn't support SGX or TDX, then, is this container memory safe?

In other words, can the cloud host utilize some technologies like mapping the memory of the kata container to the real memory and using memory analysis to steal the data in my container?

Yes, if the host didn't support TDX/SGX, then the VM memory contents are all in clear text, and it is easy to spy on the contents by reading the VM's memory from the host.

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