[PATCH 0/3] hvmloader: add new SMBIOS tables (7,8,9,26,27,28)

["Petr Beneš" <w1benny@gmail.com>]

From: Petr Beneš <w1benny@gmail.com>

Resubmitting patch from Anton Belousov and addressing review comments
from Jan: https://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2022-01/msg00725.html

Original message:
> SMBIOS tables like 7,8,9,26,27,28 are neccessary to prevent sandbox detection
> by malware using WMI-queries. New tables can be mapped to memory from binary
> file specified in "smbios_firmware" parameter of domain configuration.
> If particular table is absent in binary file, then it will not be mapped to
> memory. This method works for Windows domains as tables 7,8,9,26,27,28 are not
> critical for OS boot and runtime. Also if "smbios_firmware" parameter is not
> provided, these tables will be skipped in write_smbios_tables function.

Further explanation:
Some malware samples are known to check presence of various hardware components
(like CPU fan, CPU temperature sensor, etc.) by WMI queries. If these components
are not present, then malware can assume that it is running in a sandbox and
will not execute its payload.

This patch will allow security researchers to create a custom SMBIOS
firmware binary file that contains these tables.

Petr Beneš (3):
  hvmloader: fix code style violations
  hvmloader: fix SMBIOS table length checks
  hvmloader: add new SMBIOS tables (7,8,9,26,27,28)

 tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios.c       | 204 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios_types.h |  83 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

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