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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for basic input/output system (BIOS) protection using BIOS version validation. One method comprises obtaining, by an entity associated with an operating system of a device, identifiers of designated versions of a BIOS of the device; obtaining, by the entity, an identifier of an active BIOS version; updating, by the entity, the active BIOS version to a given designated version of the BIOS, responsive to the entity determining that the identifier of the active BIOS version does not match the identifiers of the designated versions of the BIOS; and initiating, by the entity, a boot process of the processing device using the given designated version of the BIOS. The identifiers of the designated versions of the BIOS may comprise hash values of corresponding approved versions of the BIOS. The entity may comprise an agent executed by the operating system.
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