US 12,499,233 B2
Bios protection using bios update suppression
Tomer Shachar, Beer Sheva (IL); Ophir Buchman, Raanana (IL); and Yevgeni Gehtman, Modi'in (IL)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,001.
Prior Publication US 2024/0311484 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 21/572 (2013.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an operating system of at least one processing device comprising at least one basic input/output system (BIOS) chip having a first BIOS version, a request to suppress a pending BIOS update, wherein the request to suppress the pending BIOS update is received subsequent to a detection of the pending BIOS update; and
suppressing an application of the pending BIOS update, in response to the request, wherein a boot process of the at least one processing device uses the first BIOS version;
wherein the method is performed by the at least one processing device, wherein the at least one processing device further comprises a processor coupled to a memory.