2.7 KiB
Phase 0.5 independent offline review
Date: 2026-07-17. Decision: BLOCKED.
Review result
| Area | Status | Finding |
|---|---|---|
| SDK source pin and release | SAFE |
local source is exact v0.41 commit |
| stock CRT object provenance | SAFE |
all 12 sources and six empty archives enumerated and hashed |
| stock CRT execution | UNSAFE |
reachable kernel credential and syscall-bound writes |
| stock rtld initialization | UNSAFE |
reachable module load/start path and runtime allocation |
| freestanding flag suppression | SAFE |
no-output driver trace removes CRT and default libraries |
| BSS byte-clear primitive | SAFE |
implementable without imports using linker bounds |
| exact firmware-9.60 loader identity | UNPROVEN |
not present in local pinned evidence |
| incoming stack/register contract | UNPROVEN |
caller source absent |
payloadout ownership/lifetime |
UNPROVEN |
only callee declaration exists |
| safe return and post-return cleanup | UNPROVEN |
caller continuation absent |
| crash cleanup | UNPROVEN |
loader fault path absent |
| pre-entry process modifications | UNPROVEN |
kernel-access state is supplied but creation is absent |
| custom startup artifact | SAFE nonexistence |
build gate stopped before source/link |
| permanent legacy artifact block | SAFE policy control |
exact SHA-256 is denylisted and ineligible |
| Payload Manager integration surface | SAFE repository control |
fail-closed JSON policy gate rejects false eligibility and denylisted hashes |
| external manager implementation | UNPROVEN outside repository |
no Chimera Payload Manager source is in this project |
Side-effect conclusion
The stock SDK startup is conclusively not kernelwrite-free. A hypothetical freestanding entry could omit that startup, but safe loader return and cleanup are not proven. It would be unsafe to turn a compiler/linker possibility into an executable artifact without the caller evidence.
No PS5 connection, transfer, execution, VideoOut open, GNM call, framebuffer write, network initialization, module load, credential change, syscall-bound change, or new PS5 ELF occurred during this review.
Artifact policy
The legacy capability-probe SHA-256
4be1c17b4964f2b68c39b5145bc4af4619c32512d60269ecf5c39728b390fa63
is permanently BLOCKED. tools/check_artifact_execution_policy.py returns a
nonzero decision for either execution_eligible=false or an exact denylist
match. A zero status means only that this static eligibility layer passed; its
JSON explicitly sets execution_authorized=false.
There is no approval package for transfer or one-time execution because the task explicitly forbids asking for execution permission and the feasibility decision is blocked.