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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

May. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ibrahim Sayyed, Georgetown, TX (US);

Alok Pant, Austin, TX (US);

Anand Prakash Joshi, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information handling system may include at least one processor, a memory coupled to the at least one processor, and an information handling resource including a firmware. The information handling system may be configured to: boot into an operating system stored on the memory; after booting into the operating system, receive, from at least one remote server, information regarding a vulnerability associated with the firmware; based on a security policy, determine a resolution for mitigation of the vulnerability; and store information regarding the resolution in a storage location accessible to a preboot environment of the information handling system, wherein the preboot environment is configured to apply the resolution upon a subsequent boot of the information handling system.


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