crosvm
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crosvm is a lightweight, security-focused virtual machine monitor developed by Google to run Linux and other workloads efficiently and safely on ChromeOS.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
VMM
→
open-source software → virtual machine monitor → |
| architectureSupport |
ARM64
→
x86_64 → |
| designedFor |
ChromeOS Linux (Crostini)
→
running Linux applications on ChromeOS → running untrusted workloads safely → |
| developer |
Google
→
|
| feature |
PCI device emulation
→
VFIO passthrough support → ballooning support → multi-queue networking → snapshot and restore support → virtio-block → virtio-console → virtio-gpu → virtio-input → virtio-net → |
| focus |
lightweight virtualization
→
performance → security → |
| license |
BSD-style license
→
|
| maintainer |
ChromeOS team at Google
→
|
| operatingSystem |
ChromeOS
→
Linux → |
| platform |
ChromeOS
→
Linux → |
| primaryLanguage |
Rust
→
|
| programmingLanguage |
Rust
→
|
| relatedTo |
Firecracker
→
KVM → QEMU → Rust-VMM project → |
| repositoryHosting |
GitHub
→
|
| securityFeature |
device sandboxing
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jail-based isolation → minimal attack surface → process sandboxing → seccomp filters → |
| supports |
Android workloads
→
KVM-based virtualization → Linux guests → container-based workloads → |
| useCase |
ChromeOS Linux development environment
→
desktop application virtualization → server-style workloads on ChromeOS → |
| uses |
KVM
→
Rust type safety → virtio devices → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
ChromeOS
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supportsContainerTechnology |