Elektrobit declared that the EB Corbos Hypervisor’s base has been certified as a Safety Element out of Context (SEooC) by independent auditor TÜV SÜD in compliance with safety standard ISO 26262 ASIL B. The automotive industry is one step closer to using open-source operating systems across the entire software-defined vehicle (SDV), including safety-related applications, with the certification of EB corbos Hypervisor, a crucial part of the recently released ground-breaking EB corbos Linux for Safety Applications.
The safety monitor modules, which are the foundation of EB corbos Linux for Safety Applications, are housed in the EB corbos Hypervisor.
The path to complete certification of the open-source operating system solution was paved by TÜV NORD’s favorable technical evaluation earlier this year, which was based on the two safety standards ISO 26262 ASIL B and IEC 61508 SIL 2.
TÜV SÜD’s certification of the EB corbos Hypervisor in accordance with ISO 26262 ASIL B advances our objective of developing and maintaining software for future mobility more quickly, affordably, securely, and with less complexity.
A microkernel-based operating system that supports virtualization is called EB Corbos Hypervisor.
Its base is a version of the open-source L4Re Operating System Framework, which is maintained by Kernkonzept GmbH. In 2024, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) certified it as secure up to GERMAN GEHEIM. The robust ARMv8-A architecture on which the EB Corbos Hypervisor was certified.
A long-time proponent of open-source software, Elektrobit is contributing source code back to the community while developing the safety-certified EB corbos Hypervisor.
Key Comments
“By using the L4Re Operating System Framework with its virtualization solutions as the technological foundation, Elektrobit builds on an independent hypervisor solution, providing their customers with great flexibility,” said Dr.-Ing. Adam Lackorzynski, founder and CTO of Kernkonzept. “We are proud of our partnership with Elektrobit and the safety certification we have achieved together in this collaboration.”
“This latest certification marks an important achievement on the pathway to full safety compliance of EB corbos Linux for Safety Applications to global automotive safety standards,” said Mike Robertson, Chief Product Officer and Managing Director at Elektrobit. “We’re excited to continue driving the mobility industry forward toward true software-defined mobility by empowering the development of safe and secure vehicles.”
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