Safety compliance for virtualized automotive computing

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to:
• monitor an automotive computing environment executing a plurality of virtual machines;
• responsive to a request to instantiate a new virtual machine, inspect a configuration file of the new virtual machine;
• responsive to a configuration parameter of the configuration file violating a first predefined safety rule, modify the configuration parameter;
• monitor communications to and from a virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, the monitored communications including a first communication;
• and
• responsive to the first communication violating a second predefined safety rule, modify a parameter of the automotive computing environment, or intercept the first communication and modify a content of the first communication.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• monitor an automotive computing environment executing a plurality of virtual machines;
• responsive to a request to instantiate a new virtual machine, inspect a configuration file of the new virtual machine;
• responsive to a configuration parameter of the configuration file violating a first predefined safety rule, modify the configuration parameter;
• monitor communications to and from a virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, the monitored communications including a first communication;
• and
• responsive to the first communication violating a second predefined safety rule, modify a parameter of the automotive computing environment, or intercept the first communication and modify a content of the first communication.