Rethinking the Linux cloud stack for confidential VMs
LWN.net News from the source ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us EditionReturn to the Front page User: Password: | | Subscribe / Log in / New account Rethinking the Linux cloud stack for confidential VMs Did you know…? LWN.net is a subscriber-supported publication; we rely on subscribers to keep the entire operation going. Please help out by buying a subscription and keeping LWN on the net. July 25, 2025 This article was contributed by Carlos Bilbao There is an inherent limit to the privacy of the public cloud. While Linux can isolate virtual machines (VMs) from each other, nothing in the system’s memory is ultimately out of reach for the host cloud provider. To accommodate the most…
