Your Linux Image Shipped.
Now It Needs Support.

Yocto or Buildroot, the bring-up was the easy part. Kernel CVEs keep landing, layers drift, the toolchain breaks somehow, and regulators now want a vulnerability story. We keep your image patched, buildable, and compliant, so you don't keep a Linux platform engineer on payroll.

Three Situations

Most teams can do the bring-up. Almost none can keep it current.

01

Reproducibility Loss

"The build only works on one person's machine, and that person is gone."

We onboard the build, get it reproducible inside a versioned, snapshotted machine on our infrastructure, and document the process. From then on, every build is repeatable and auditable.

02

CVE & Security Drift

"We have no idea which vulnerabilities affect our shipped image."

We establish a CVE baseline against the running image, then track and patch on a fixed cadence. Each cycle produces an updated SBOM and a vulnerability report you can hand to auditors or customers.

03

Layer & Toolchain Rot

"Pulling one upstream fix now means untangling a year of divergence."

We keep the layer state current and the toolchain alive, so when you do need a fix or a feature, the path to it is short instead of a multi-week archaeology dig.

How It Works

Onboard the build once, then keep it healthy on a predictable cadence

Onboarding & Assessment

We take a look at the build and evaluate the reproducibility before any maintenance contract begins. Maintaining a build we have never reproduced is how you waste money, so this is required and genuinely valuable on its own.

We capture

  • Build environment in a dedicated, snapshotted machine
  • A confirmed reproducible build (same inputs, same output)
  • Yocto / OpenEmbedded or Buildroot configuration and pinned state

You get

  • Initial SBOM for the image
  • CVE baseline report, ranked by severity
  • A maintenance plan with recommended cadence and scope

Fixed Maintenance Cycle

On a fixed cadence, per maintained image, we keep the image current and documented.

Each cycle

  • Pull and integrate upstream kernel and userspace security fixes
  • Re-run the CVE scan, triage by severity, patch what matters
  • Bump pinned layer / toolchain state where safe, flag where sign-off is needed

You receive

  • A built, tested image (or signed delta, per your setup)
  • A refreshed SBOM and CVE report
  • A per-client build machine kept snapshotted and reproducible throughout

Out-of-Band Critical Patching

Some vulnerabilities cannot wait. Each retainer includes a defined allowance of out-of-band hours for actively-exploited CVEs.

What this covers

  • Actively-exploited criticals affecting your image
  • Priority turnaround between scheduled cycles
  • The CRA-relevant capability of fast, documented response

How it's bounded

  • A set number of out-of-band hours per year, included
  • Beyond that, billed at the standard consulting rate
  • A response target we can actually honor as a focused shop

Add-Ons When You Need Them

When maintenance turns into real engineering work, BSP clients get priority scheduling instead of waiting in line.

Common add-ons

  • Feature integration: new driver, new package, BSP change
  • Kernel version migration across LTS lines
  • Board or SOM migration
  • Compliance documentation support and audit prep

How it's handled

  • Scoped per request at the standard consulting rate
  • Priority scheduling for retainer clients
  • A path into full OEM product work when it makes sense

What We Maintain

Yocto and Buildroot, on the hardware you already shipped

Build Systems

Yocto Project OpenEmbedded Buildroot Custom meta-layers

Targets

ARM Cortex-A SoCs NXP i.MX TI Sitara ST STM32MP1 Raspberry Pi CM Custom SOMs

Deliverables

SBOM CVE / vulnerability report Tested image Signed delta Reproducible build machine

Compliance

EU Cyber Resilience Act SBOM / SPDX Audit artifacts Vulnerability handling record

Start With an Assessment

Tell us about your image and we'll let you know if we're a fit, usually within one business day.