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Reported a machine-checked refinement proof from an abstract specification to the C implementation of the seL4 microkernel, establishing functional correctness within stated assumptions.
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The record is the exact thirteen-author SOSP 2009 paper. Its proof assumes the compiler, assembly and boot code, cache management, hardware and other stated trusted components; it is not a proof that every seL4-based system is free of all security or hardware flaws.
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Gerwin Klein; Kevin Elphinstone; Gernot Heiser; June Andronick; David Cock; Philip Derrin; Dhammika Elkaduwe; Kai Engelhardt; Rafal Kolanski; Michael Norrish; Thomas Sewell; Harvey Tuch; Simon Winwood
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Klein and colleagues: formal verification of the seL4 kernel
Reported a machine-checked refinement proof from an abstract specification to the C implementation of the seL4 microkernel, establishing functional correctness within stated assumptions.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact thirteen-author SOSP 2009 paper. Its proof assumes the compiler, assembly and boot code, cache management, hardware and other stated trusted components; it is not a proof that every seL4-based system is free of all security or hardware flaws.
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People and systems
Gerwin Klein; Kevin Elphinstone; Gernot Heiser; June Andronick; David Cock; Philip Derrin; Dhammika Elkaduwe; Kai Engelhardt; Rafal Kolanski; Michael Norrish; Thomas Sewell; Harvey Tuch; Simon Winwood
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.