System and method for a host application to access and verify contents within non-volatile storage of an information handling system

An information handling system (IHS) comprising:

• an access controller;
• at least one device communicatively coupled to the access controller and having secure non-volatile storage having a plurality of partition memory regions that are not accessible to a host operating system but are accessible to the access controller;
• a system memory having stored thereon the host operating system and verification firmware;
• and
• a system processor communicatively coupled to the system memory and the access controller, the system processor executing the verification firmware which configures the system processor to:
• forward to the access controller, (i) an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command from a host application to expose specific memory regions and view contents in the specific memory regions of the secure non-volatile storage of the device, and (ii) a request for the access controller to create temporary storage within a memory storage medium;
• and
• wherein, in response to receiving the request from the host application, the access controller:
• copies the contents of the device non-volatile storage to a storage medium accessible to the access controller;
• performs a verification process to determine if the copied contents on the memory storage medium is similar to an original content;
• in response to determining that the copied contents in the memory storage medium have changed, generate a notification that the contents of the un-accessible non-volatile storage have been compromised;
• and
• presents the memory storage medium as an emulated virtual storage device to the host application, enabling the host application to have access to read the copied contents of the non-volatile storage;
• and
• detach the host application from the emulated virtual storage device on completion of the read of the copied contents of the un-accessible non-volatile storage and release the emulated virtual storage device.