Patent ID: 11880229
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a memory device; and
a processing device coupled to the memory device, the processing device configured to perform operations comprising:
initializing the memory device in an unauthenticated state in which the memory device is unable to execute one or more restricted commands;
accessing a security capsule that is digitally signed using a private key, the security capsule indicating a set of command types the memory device is able to execute while in an authenticated state, the security capsule specifying a manufacturer identifier;
validating the security capsule, the validating of the security capsule comprising verifying the manufacturing identifier specified by the security capsule corresponds to the memory device;
transitioning the memory device to the authenticated state based on validating the security capsule and verifying, using a public key corresponding to the private key, that the security capsule is validly signed, the memory device being able to execute the one or more restricted commands while in the authenticated state based on the set of command types the security capsule indicates that the memory device is able to execute while in the authenticated state;
receiving a command while the memory device is in the authenticated state;
determining the command is a prohibited command type based on the set of command types the security capsule indicates that the memory device is able to execute while in the authenticated state; and
aborting the command based on determining the command is a prohibited command type.