Build 506: 4.93 firmware support - #21
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- Changed: embedded 4.92 patch replaced by 4.93 patch built from Evilnat 4.93 CFW CoreOS - Added: OFW 4.93 and Patched 4.93 ROS hashes - Added: tools/ (Python helpers) - coreos_decrypt reimplements fail0verflow ps3tools pupunpack/unpkg/cosunpkg in pure Python so a firmware bump does not need an external toolchain; ros_hash computes the hashlist MD5; validate_data sanity-checks hashlist.xml and config.xml; pup_info prints PUP entry table
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds Python tools for PS3 PUP inspection, CoreOS decryption, ROS hash generation, validation, and 4.93 noFSM patch reconstruction. It updates firmware hashes, patch and assembly versions, release metadata, documentation, and Python bytecode ignore rules. ChangesFirmware 4.93 support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The current tooling and documented workflow can leave or publish an invalid firmware patch, which risks unsafe firmware installation. These paths should be corrected before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant PS3 PUP
participant coreos_decrypt.py
participant CoreOS content
participant ros_hash.py
participant hashlist.xml
participant validate_data.py
PS3 PUP->>coreos_decrypt.py: provide firmware package
coreos_decrypt.py->>CoreOS content: decrypt and write payload
CoreOS content->>ros_hash.py: provide ROS bytes
ros_hash.py->>hashlist.xml: generate hash entries
validate_data.py->>hashlist.xml: validate hashes and types
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In `@tools/coreos_decrypt.py`:
- Line 17: Update the documented coreos_decrypt command to use the
argparse-defined --extract-selfs option instead of --self-only, and provide the
required output directory argument so the command reaches decryption
successfully.
- Around line 291-296: Validate each archive-provided name in the cosunpkg_files
extraction loop before constructing or opening out: reject absolute paths and
any path whose resolved location escapes the resolved args.out directory, then
write only validated paths beneath the output root.
- Around line 91-100: Update parse_pup to validate the declared count n before
the range(n) loop, ensuring the complete PUP entry table from PUP_HEADER through
PUP_ENTRY * n fits within the available data; reject malformed files when it
exceeds the buffer, while preserving normal parsing for valid counts.
In `@tools/pup_info.py`:
- Around line 27-38: Update KNOWN_ENTRIES so entry 0x200 reflects its actual PUP
name and entry 0x300 identifies the update_files.tar containing the CoreOS
package. Also revise the extraction example to use entry 0x300, or implement
tar-member extraction before documenting direct CORE_OS_PACKAGE.pkg output.
In `@tools/ros_hash.py`:
- Around line 79-83: Update xml_entry so the name attribute value is XML-escaped
before being inserted into attrs, while preserving the existing hash formatting
and patched attribute behavior.
In `@tools/validate_data.py`:
- Around line 115-122: Update the size validation around size_attr, parse_hex,
and ROS_SIZE so a missing size and any value different from ROS_SIZE both call
rep.error; preserve the existing invalid-hex error handling and do not allow
either contract violation to result in successful validation.
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- coreos_decrypt: fix docstring example (--extract-selfs, not --self-only) - coreos_decrypt: bound-check the PUP entry count before allocating the table - coreos_decrypt: reject unsafe archive-supplied names in --extract-selfs (zip-slip: absolute paths, drive letters, ..-components, separators) - pup_info: clarify that CoreOS appears both at entry 0x200 and inside update_files.tar; drop stale "needs external tool to decrypt" note -- coreos_decrypt does it now - ros_hash: XML-escape the name attribute so quotes/&/< in --name don't produce malformed XML - validate_data: missing size and size != ROS_SIZE are now errors, not warnings; a hashlist entry with the wrong size is a real bug
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A Cobra CFW CoreOS should not be used as a ROS patch, as it may lead to a soft brick in specific cases. A standard (non-Cobra) CEX CFW should be used instead. In addition, to avoid confusions, the exact same ROS patch should be shared across all available tools (like pyPS3patcher, PS3Xploit Flash Writer, and PS3 Toolset), which is what we have tried to maintain so far. pyPS3patcher is not updated with 4.93 support yet. Nor PS3 Toolset I think. So, please update by using the same ROS as Evilnat's PS3Xploit Flash Writer 4.93 (patched coreos MD5: AFE831050C31EFB381F9BE4098F1834C). |
That's the point. You must reconstruct a complete patched CoreOS by using the OFW 4.93 CoreOS and applying the flash493.P3T patch correctly. Then you'll get the right result. In fact, I already have the 4.93 patch.bin on hand since a while. I was waiting for the PS3 Toolset to be updated before releasing it with pyPS3patcher and PS3DumpChecker... then I forgot. If you're really struggling, I should be releasing it in pyPS3patcher soon. And you're right. Evilnat does not publicly release non-Cobra CEX CFW PUPs. Usually, he provides them to the dev community privately, but this time he released his Flash Writer instead. |
…Flash Writer 4.93 Address littlebalup's PR Swizzy#21 review. A Cobra CFW CoreOS is not the right `patch.bin` -- it can soft-brick users in specific cases. All three ROS patchers in the ecosystem (PS3DumpChecker, pyPS3patcher, PS3 Toolset) share the same ROS, which is the non-Cobra "noFSM" patch that PS3Xploit Flash Writer ships for 4.93. Changes: - src/PS3DumpChecker/Patches/patch.bin: replaced with the reconstructed 4.93 noFSM ROS. MD5 AFE831050C31EFB381F9BE4098F1834C, matching Evilnat's PS3Xploit Flash Writer 4.93. - src/PS3DumpChecker/hashlist.xml: 4.93 CEX Patched hash updated to AFE831050C31EFB381F9BE4098F1834C. - tools/build_nofsm_patch.py: new. Reproduces the noFSM patch.bin from OFW 4.93 CoreOS + flash493.P3T byte-for-byte: patched_ros = OFW[0:0x1D0] + P3T[:] + OFW[0x1D0 + len(P3T):] The P3T is a partial ROS overlay that mirrors the OFW ROS from offset 0x1D0 with only sdk_version, spu_pkg_rvk_verifier.self, default.spp and lv1.self actually modified. Reversed from aldostools/flashwriter index.html ROP flow. - tools/README.md, Latest Compiled Version/*: refresh build artefacts + changelog + hashlist mirrors.
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In `@tools/build_nofsm_patch.py`:
- Line 82: In the patch-generation flow, move args.out.write_bytes(patched)
until after the target MD5 validation succeeds, so digest failures leave the
existing artifact untouched. Include output-write failures in the command’s
existing failure handling while preserving the current success behavior.
In `@tools/coreos_decrypt.py`:
- Around line 305-306: Update the unsafe-name condition in the SELF name
validation to reject names containing embedded NUL bytes, alongside the existing
absolute-path, separator, dot-name, and colon checks. Ensure such names are
filtered before reaching os.path.realpath(out) or open(out, "wb").
- Line 299: Validate the content file table size before the `cosunpkg_files`
iteration when `--extract-selfs` is enabled, rejecting truncated tables where
0x10 + 0x30 * n exceeds `len(content)`. Route the rejection through the existing
error-handling path so malformed input does not produce an uncaught
`struct.error` or traceback.
In `@tools/README.md`:
- Around line 56-62: Update the end-to-end workflow to invoke
build_nofsm_patch.py instead of copying cfw_out/content directly to patch.bin,
then require verification of the documented target MD5 before updating
patch_info.txt.
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Write the patch only after the MD5 check succeeds.
args.out.write_bytes(patched) runs before the target digest is validated. When the digest mismatches, the command returns 1 but leaves invalid firmware bytes at args.out, replacing any existing artifact. Validate first, then publish the output. Handle output-write errors in the same failure path.
Proposed fix
- args.out.write_bytes(patched)
md5 = hashlib.md5(patched).hexdigest().upper()
print("OFW : %s (0x%X bytes)" % (args.ofw_content, len(ofw)))
print("P3T : %s (0x%X bytes)" % (args.p3t, len(p3t)))
- print("OUT : %s (0x%X bytes)" % (args.out, len(patched)))
print("MD5 : %s" % md5)
print("WANT : %s" % TARGET_MD5)
if md5 != TARGET_MD5:
print("MISMATCH", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
+ try:
+ args.out.write_bytes(patched)
+ except OSError as exc:
+ print("error: %s" % exc, file=sys.stderr)
+ return 1
+ print("OUT : %s (0x%X bytes)" % (args.out, len(patched)))
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[warning] 82-82: Do not use insecure functions
Context: hashlib.md5(patched)
Note: [CWE-327] Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm.
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In `@tools/build_nofsm_patch.py` at line 82, In the patch-generation flow, move
args.out.write_bytes(patched) until after the target MD5 validation succeeds, so
digest failures leave the existing artifact untouched. Include output-write
failures in the command’s existing failure handling while preserving the current
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| out_root = os.path.realpath(args.out) | ||
| for name, blob in cosunpkg_files(content): |
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Validate the content file table before extraction.
When --extract-selfs is enabled, reject content where 0x10 + 0x30 * n > len(content) before iterating in cosunpkg_files. A truncated table otherwise raises an uncaught struct.error outside the existing error handler and prints a traceback.
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In `@tools/coreos_decrypt.py` at line 299, Validate the content file table size
before the `cosunpkg_files` iteration when `--extract-selfs` is enabled,
rejecting truncated tables where 0x10 + 0x30 * n exceeds `len(content)`. Route
the rejection through the existing error-handling path so malformed input does
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Reject embedded NUL bytes in SELF names.
cosunpkg_files preserves embedded \x00 bytes. The current filter allows them to reach os.path.realpath(out) or open(out, "wb"), which can raise ValueError outside the try block and terminate with a traceback. Add a NUL-byte check to the unsafe-name condition.
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- or name in (".", "..") or ":" in name):
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In `@tools/coreos_decrypt.py` around lines 305 - 306, Update the unsafe-name
condition in the SELF name validation to reject names containing embedded NUL
bytes, alongside the existing absolute-path, separator, dot-name, and colon
checks. Ensure such names are filtered before reaching os.path.realpath(out) or
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| Rebuilds the exact `patch.bin` that PS3Xploit flash-writer 4.93 writes to | ||
| flash. Uses only public inputs (OFW 4.93 CoreOS + `flash493.P3T` from | ||
| `aldostools/flashwriter`). Result matches | ||
| MD5 `AFE831050C31EFB381F9BE4098F1834C` byte-for-byte, i.e. the same ROS | ||
| `pyPS3patcher` and the PS3 Toolset will ship for 4.93 -- so the three tools | ||
| stay in sync and the patched ROS is the safe non-Cobra variant, not the | ||
| Cobra CFW CoreOS. |
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Use the noFSM builder in the end-to-end workflow.
This section correctly requires the OFW plus flash493.P3T splice. However, the workflow at Lines 123-124 still tells users to copy cfw_out/content directly to patch.bin. That can produce a different patch from the required noFSM target. Replace that step with build_nofsm_patch.py and require the target MD5 before updating patch_info.txt.
Proposed documentation fix
-5. Copy the CFW `content` to `src/PS3DumpChecker/Patches/patch.bin` and update
- `Patches/patch_info.txt` to `noFSM X.XX (Evilnat based)`.
+5. Run `python tools/build_nofsm_patch.py ofw_out/content flash493.P3T
+ src/PS3DumpChecker/Patches/patch.bin`, verify the expected MD5, and update
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@tools/README.md` around lines 56 - 62, Update the end-to-end workflow to
invoke build_nofsm_patch.py instead of copying cfw_out/content directly to
patch.bin, then require verification of the documented target MD5 before
updating patch_info.txt.
After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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Solucionado y pusheado ( Gracias por el review y por señalar el problema del Cobra a tiempo — sin eso habría shippeado un patch inseguro. |
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Yep you got it. Easy isn't it? Meanwhile I also updated pyPS3patcher. I would need to have a look to your built .exe and to your scripts before any merge. Also I'd like to be sure @Swizzy is ok with those kind of stuff. |
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Awesome! Anything to keep this project alive, even if it's used less every year. I've used this tool since it first existed and I couldn't let it die. Thanks! |
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I would rather not trust a .exe included by someone not trusted, you never know what it actually contains. At some point it should be replaced with a better method of updating than including the new exe in the repo itself such as using github releases instead combined with a Github action that does the build. |
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Adds support for firmware 4.93 (OFW released 2026-03-18, Evilnat Cobra 8.5 CFW released 2026-03-31).
Changes
hashlist.xmlAssemblyVersionto1.0.506.0tools/(Python 3, pycryptodome only):coreos_decrypt.pyreimplements fail0verflowps3toolspupunpack/unpkg/cosunpkg in pure Python. DecryptsCORE_OS_PACKAGE.pkgfrom a PUP into the raw ROS content blob. Uses the public retail PKG keys embedded in the script. Removes the need for an external toolchain when bumping firmware.ros_hash.pycomputes the MD5 thathashlist.xmlstores, prints ready-to-paste XML entries.validate_data.pysanity-checkshashlist.xmlandconfig.xml(well-formed, no duplicate MD5s/names, hex fields parse, hashes reference declared types).pup_info.pyprints a PUP entry table.New hashes (uppercase MD5)
7C54192073537CD1C448971547086423505788E2430D1573D925E713EA58CA23Verification
md5.txtshipped in the release rar).0x6FFFE0bytes on both, with the expected CoreOS layout (25 SELFs, magicSCE\0,sdk_version = 4.93).hashlist.xmlfrom the currentpatch.bin(round-trip sanity).python tools/validate_data.py→ 139 hashes, 0 errors.patch.bin(verified by scanning the exe for the ROS signature and re-hashing the embedded blob → matches505788E2430D1573D925E713EA58CA23).Not verified
patch.binblob is the raw decrypted CFW CoreOS content -- the same blob 100K+ users have already flashed successfully via the Evilnat installer -- but this specificPS3DumpCheckerbuild has not been exercised on a real dump yet.Please review before treating this as a final release.
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