ARMmbed / ARMmbed/uvisor

Check if all hardware interrupts are disabled when entering uVisor boot

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enhancement
Dominant language
C
Stars
135
Forks
72
PR merge metrics
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Description

- always verify if any of the hardware interrupts are enabled when uvisor is initialised
- on debug build fail with a verbose security message explaining that the port is broken and interrupts need to be initialised using uVisor APIs.
- on release build just die & drop over in an endless loop

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start at the uVisor boot or initialization entry point and inspect how hardware interrupt state and debug versus release builds are handled. Verify the behavior for enabled interrupts: debug builds should provide the specified verbose security failure, while release builds should enter the requested endless loop. No test file or entry-point path is named, so identifying the relevant initialization code and test approach is part of the work.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
embedded-iot, operating-systems, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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