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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Xiaomei Zhu Miller, Round Rock, TX (US);
Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Shekar Babu S, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An information handling system includes a memory device and a BIOS. The BIOS executes a plurality of processes to boot the information handling system. Each process has a unique identifier (ID). When the BIOS executes a first process, the BIOS calculates a first hash value of a first ID of the first process and stores the first hash value to the memory device. Each time the BIOS executes a second process, the BIOS calculates a second hash value of the path hash value and a second ID of the second process and stores the second hash value to the memory device. After the boot of the information handling system is completed, the path hash value identifies a boot path of the processes for the boot of the information handling system. The BIOS further determines whether the boot path is a secure boot path based upon the path hash value.