[PATCH 01/11] common: filetype: add detection for x86 Linux kernel images
chalianis1 at gmail.com
chalianis1 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 5 21:15:02 PDT 2025
From: Chali Anis <chalianis1 at gmail.com>
Introduce a new filetype for x86 Linux kernel images by checking for
the "HdrS" magic (0x53726448) at offset 0x202 in the setup header.
Signed-off-by: Chali Anis <chalianis1 at gmail.com>
---
common/filetype.c | 3 +++
include/filetype.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/common/filetype.c b/common/filetype.c
index eb397a175cb6..72f84442cae9 100644
--- a/common/filetype.c
+++ b/common/filetype.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static const struct filetype_str filetype_str[] = {
[filetype_zstd_compressed] = { "ZSTD compressed", "zstd" },
[filetype_rockchip_rkss_image] = { "Rockchip signed boot image",
"rk-image" },
+ [filetype_x86_linux_image] = { "x86 Linux image", "x86-linux" },
};
static const char *file_type_to_nr_string(enum filetype f)
@@ -435,6 +436,8 @@ enum filetype file_detect_type(const void *_buf, size_t bufsize)
return is_dos_exe(buf8) ? filetype_riscv_efi_linux_image : filetype_riscv_linux_image;
if (is_riscv_linux_bootimage(buf) && !memcmp(&buf[12], "barebox", 8))
return filetype_riscv_barebox_image;
+ if (bufsize > 0x206 && is_x86_linux_bootimage(buf))
+ return filetype_x86_linux_image;
if (le32_to_cpu(buf[5]) == 0x504d5453)
return filetype_mxs_bootstream;
diff --git a/include/filetype.h b/include/filetype.h
index 6f4a103df304..ff4d54ee3c45 100644
--- a/include/filetype.h
+++ b/include/filetype.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ enum filetype {
filetype_nxp_fspi_image,
filetype_zstd_compressed,
filetype_rockchip_rkss_image,
+ filetype_x86_linux_image,
filetype_max,
};
@@ -150,4 +151,9 @@ static inline bool is_riscv_linux_bootimage(const void *header)
return le32_to_cpup(header + 56) == 0x05435352;
}
+static inline bool is_x86_linux_bootimage(const void *header)
+{
+ return le32_to_cpup(header + 0x202) == 0x53726448;
+}
+
#endif /* __FILE_TYPE_H */
--
2.34.1
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