ME cleaner
A cleaner for Intel ME images.
This tools removes any unnecessary partition from an Intel ME firmware, reducing its size and its ability to interact with the system. It should work both with Coreboot and with the factory BIOS.
Currently this tool:
- Scans the FPT (partition table) and checks that everything is correct
- Removes any partition entry (except for FTPR) from FPT
- Removes any partition except for the fundamental one (FTPR)
- Removes the EFFS presence flag
- Corrects the FPT checksum
- Removes any LZMA-compressed module (pre-Skylake only)
- Removes most of the Huffman-compressed modules (pre-Skylake only)
Don't forget to power cycle your PC after flashing the modified ME image (power off and power on, not just reboot).
See the current status in the wiki.
Special thanks to Federico Amedeo Izzo for his help during the study of Intel ME.