TEE (Trusted Execution Environment)

This document describes the TEE subsystem in Linux.

Overview

A TEE is a trusted OS running in some secure environment, for example, TrustZone on ARM CPUs, or a separate secure co-processor etc. A TEE driver handles the details needed to communicate with the TEE.

This subsystem deals with:

• Registration of TEE drivers

• Managing shared memory between Linux and the TEE

• Providing a generic API to the TEE