OpenDevicePartnership / OpenDevicePartnership/odp-platform-common

Differentially fuzz EFI load options and device paths

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Description

Parent: #190

Goal

Produce evidence that malformed NVRAM and device-path inputs are rejected safely and consistently.

Scope

  • build a corpus for BootOrder, Boot####, EFI_LOAD_OPTION, and device-path nodes
  • fuzz Rust parsing and EDK2 BmValidateOption/equivalent parsing with identical inputs
  • use sanitizers for C and coverage-guided fuzzing for Rust
  • retain every behavioral mismatch as a regression test

Acceptance criteria

  • no crash, out-of-bounds access, hang, or sanitizer finding in the agreed run budget
  • malformed-input rejection behavior is documented
  • differential mismatches are resolved or explicitly justified
  • corpus and reproducible commands run in CI

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with parent #190 and the Rust parsing and EDK2 BmValidateOption/equivalent parsing entry points named here; determine how identical EFI_LOAD_OPTION and device-path inputs reach both implementations. Define the agreed run budget and CI commands, then verify completion through sanitizer and coverage runs, documented rejection behavior, and retained differential mismatches as regression tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c, rust
Domain
ci-cd, operating-systems, security, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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