Bootlicker - A Generic UEFI Bootkit Used To Achieve Initial Usermode Execution

bootlicker is a legacy, extensible UEFI firmware rootkit targeting vmware hypervisor virtual machines. It is designed to achieve initial code execution within the context of the windows kernel, regardless of security settings configured. Architecture bootlicker takes its design from the legacy...

PT-2024-11236 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.10.45/5.12.12 Description: The issue arises when memory marked as EFI boot services data is not properly mapped as encrypted under SEV, potentially leading to a kernel crash at boot. This occurs because some...