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@frenchwr frenchwr released this 27 Aug 14:41
· 79 commits to noble-24.04 since this release
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Overview

This release adds new features and bug fixes for IntelⓇ Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) on Ubuntu 24.04.

To install this release, you can either do it on a freshly installed 24.04 system or on your existing setup.

TDX Components

  • Kernel:
    • Version: 6.8.0-1010-intel
    • Add host kexec / kdump support
    • Fix TDMR reserved areas that may exceed the limit of 16 which can result in TDX module initialization failure
    • Source link
  • QEMU:
    • Version: 8.2.2
    • Updated to 8.2.2 to be in sync with Ubuntu 24.04 mainline QEMU
  • Libvirt:
  • OVMF/EDK2:
  • Remote attestation components:

Project Tools and Support

  • Change the project license to GPLv3 (#110)
  • Remove support for the package tdx-tools
  • Move remote attestation packages into a separate PPA to avoid conflicts with Intel’s upstream SGX/DCAP (#158)
  • Add system-report.sh script to collect system’s TDX readiness status to help with debugging (#188)
  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements for various shell scripts

Known Issues/Current Limitations:

  • Nested virtualization is not supported (#200)
  • TD doesn't support more than 1 socket/die CPU topology
  • Drop of performance if TD’s RAM is not 2M aligned for Transparent Huge Page
  • PMU (Performance Monitoring Unit) is currently not supported and it is disabled by default. (#182)
  • Graphics support is disabled (graphic and remote access like VNC are all not supported). (#202)
  • I/O device pass-through is not fully supported (#137)
  • Guest Kexec is currently not supported (#204)