An Empirical Study of the TianoCore Community

2026-08-24

AI Summary

研究通过调查和访谈分析了TianoCore社区的软件安全和维护实践，提出了改进固件开发流程的机会，包括加强安全措施、采用内存安全技术和提高自动化程度。

Abstract

We investigate the software security and maintenance practices adopted by stakeholders in the TianoCore community and identify opportunities to improve firmware development workflows. We conduct a survey and a limited interview study with participants representing independent firmware vendors, original equipment manufacturers, security experts, firmware developers, and academic researchers. This open-source development community maintains a reference implementation for the core of the UEFI firmware. We highlight important gaps in the current state of firmware development within the TianoCore ecosystem and identify key areas in which improved security practices, greater adoption of memory-safe technologies, and increased automation of manual processes could strengthen the maintenance and security of the UEFI firmware.

Problem

• software security
• maintenance practices
• firmware development
• TianoCore
• UEFI

Innovation

• software security
• memory-safe technologies
• automation