PROTECTION OF SECURE VIDEO CONTENT FROM MALICIOUS PROCESSING IN THE DISPLAY PIPELINE

A memory where video content is stored for access by processing components in a display pipeline is divided into different categories or groupings, each different category or grouping corresponding to a different security level. Access, by the processing components in the display pipeline, to the video content stored in the different categories or groupings is restricted in different ways so that access to video content stored in the highest security categories or groupings is more restricted and more secure than access to the video content stored in a less secure categories or groupings. Video content is received and a security level corresponding to video content is identified. The video content is written into a memory category or grouping, of the plurality of different categories or groupings corresponding to a plurality of different security levels, based upon the security level corresponding to the video content.