Detection of alteration of storage keys used to protect memory

Detection of alteration of storage keys used to protect memory includes determining whether a storage key alteration event has occurred within a processor of a computing environment. The determining includes checking whether one or more selected fields of a storage key have been updated. The storage...

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Hauptverfasser: Bruce Conrad Giamei, Jonathan David Bradbury, Timothy Slegel, Peter Jeremy Relson, James Mulder
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Detection of alteration of storage keys used to protect memory includes determining whether a storage key alteration event has occurred within a processor of a computing environment. The determining includes checking whether one or more selected fields of a storage key have been updated. The storage key is associated with a block of memory and controls access to the block of memory. Based on the checking indicating that the one or more selected fields of the storage key have been updated, a storage key alteration event has been detected. Based on determining the storage key alteration event has occurred, a notification is provided.