Cook, B;
Khazem, K;
Kroening, D;
Tasiran, S;
Tautschnig, M;
Tuttle, MR;
(2018)
Model checking boot code from AWS data centers.
In: Chockler, H and Weissenbacher, G, (eds.)
Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Aided VerificationComputer Aided Verification - CAV 2018.
(pp. pp. 467-486).
Springer: Cham.
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Abstract
This paper describes our experience with symbolic model checking in an industrial setting. We have proved that the initial boot code running in data centers at Amazon Web Services is memory safe, an essential step in establishing the security of any data center. Standard static analysis tools cannot be easily used on boot code without modification owing to issues not commonly found in higher-level code, including memory-mapped device interfaces, byte-level memory access, and linker scripts. This paper describes automated solutions to these issues and their implementation in the C Bounded Model Checker (CBMC). CBMC is now the first source-level static analysis tool to extract the memory layout described in a linker script for use in its analysis.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Model checking boot code from AWS data centers |
| Event: | International Conference on Computer Aided VerificationComputer Aided Verification - CAV 2018. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783319961415 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-96142-2_28 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96142-2_28 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Authors, Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075273 |
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