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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

  • Embedded 4.92 patch replaced by 4.93 patch built from Evilnat 4.93 CFW CoreOS
  • Added OFW 4.93 CEX and Patched 4.93 CEX ROS hashes to hashlist.xml
  • Bumped AssemblyVersion to 1.0.506.0
  • Added tools/ (Python 3, pycryptodome only):
    • coreos_decrypt.py reimplements fail0verflow ps3tools pupunpack/unpkg/cosunpkg in pure Python. Decrypts CORE_OS_PACKAGE.pkg from 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.py computes the MD5 that hashlist.xml stores, prints ready-to-paste XML entries.
    • validate_data.py sanity-checks hashlist.xml and config.xml (well-formed, no duplicate MD5s/names, hex fields parse, hashes reference declared types).
    • pup_info.py prints a PUP entry table.

New hashes (uppercase MD5)

Firmware MD5
4.93 CEX (OFW) 7C54192073537CD1C448971547086423
4.93 CEX Patched (Evilnat) 505788E2430D1573D925E713EA58CA23

Verification

  • Both PUPs (OFW SHA-256 verified against ps3firmware.wiki; CFW MD5 matches Evilnat md5.txt shipped in the release rar).
  • Decrypted content is exactly 0x6FFFE0 bytes on both, with the expected CoreOS layout (25 SELFs, magic SCE\0, sdk_version = 4.93).
  • Pipeline reproduces the existing 4.92 hash in hashlist.xml from the current patch.bin (round-trip sanity).
  • python tools/validate_data.py → 139 hashes, 0 errors.
  • Compiled build 506 exe embeds the new patch.bin (verified by scanning the exe for the ROS signature and re-hashing the embedded blob → matches 505788E2430D1573D925E713EA58CA23).

Not verified

  • No hardware test on a real 4.93 PS3. The patch.bin blob is the raw decrypted CFW CoreOS content -- the same blob 100K+ users have already flashed successfully via the Evilnat installer -- but this specific PS3DumpChecker build has not been exercised on a real dump yet.

Please review before treating this as a final release.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for PS3 firmware 4.93, including stock and patched CEX hash verification.
    • Updated the included 4.93 noFSM patch based on Evilnat’s custom firmware.
    • Added utilities for inspecting PUP files, decrypting CoreOS data, generating ROS hashes, and validating configuration data.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for preparing and verifying support for future firmware releases.
  • Maintenance

    • Updated the application to version 1.0.506.0 and refreshed release checksums.

- 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
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The change adds Python tools for PS3 PUP inspection, CoreOS decryption, ROS hash generation, and data validation. It adds firmware 4.93 hashes, updates patch and assembly versions, and refreshes compiled-release metadata.

Changes

Firmware 4.93 support

Layer / File(s) Summary
PUP inspection and package extraction
tools/pup_info.py, tools/coreos_decrypt.py, tools/README.md
Adds PUP parsing, entry inspection, archive lookup, and extraction guidance.
CoreOS package decryption
tools/coreos_decrypt.py
Decrypts SCE PKG metadata and data segments, decompresses the CoreOS content blob, and optionally extracts SELFs.
ROS hash generation and data validation
tools/ros_hash.py, tools/validate_data.py, tools/README.md
Generates ROS XML entries and validates hashlist.xml and config.xml.
Firmware registration and release metadata
src/PS3DumpChecker/hashlist.xml, Latest Compiled Version/default.hashlist, src/PS3DumpChecker/Patches/patch_info.txt, src/PS3DumpChecker/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs, Latest Compiled Version/*, .gitignore, tools/README.md
Adds firmware 4.93 hash records, updates version information, refreshes compiled metadata, and ignores Python bytecode files.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6bd88

This release adds firmware-processing utilities, but crafted input can make optional extraction write outside the selected output directory and can consume excessive local resources. These concrete security and availability risks should be addressed before merging; minor documentation and validation issues also remain.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PS3 PUP
  participant coreos_decrypt.py
  participant ros_hash.py
  participant hashlist.xml
  participant validate_data.py
  PS3 PUP->>coreos_decrypt.py: provide firmware package
  coreos_decrypt.py->>coreos_decrypt.py: decrypt CoreOS content
  coreos_decrypt.py->>ros_hash.py: provide content payload
  ros_hash.py->>hashlist.xml: generate 4.93 hash entries
  validate_data.py->>hashlist.xml: validate hashes and types
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Inline comments:
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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