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Security profiling of system firmware and applications from an OOB appliance at a differentiated trust boundary

US11409884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Chitrak Gupta · Kanchinakote, IN
Rama Rao Bisa · Kanchinakote, IN
Elie Antoun Jreij · Pflugerville, US
Sushma Basavarajaiah · Bengaluru, IN
Kala Sampathkumar · Bengaluru, IN
Mainak Roy · Periyapatna, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2018
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/033
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for a security vulnerability detection operation. The security vulnerability operation includes configuring a firmware security profiling environment with a trusted host and a trusted service processor; receiving a firmware update file via the trusted service processor; using the trusted service processor to identify a security vulnerability within the firmware update file; and, installing the firmware update file to the information handling system only when no security vulnerability is identified by the trusted service processor, the installing being performed by the trusted host.

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