HAB_CSF_PARSER(1)

💖 HAB_CSF_PARSER(1) 💖

okay bestie, so hab_csf_parser is a thing from the i.MX CST Documentation family and it is genuinely so useful — let me put you on 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

hab_csf_parser — parse signed images or CSF binary files for NXP secure boot 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

hab_csf_parser [-d] (-s signed_image | -c csf_binary)

🌸 NOTE 🌸

okay so real talk, this manpage is just the short version of NXP hab_csf_parser. If you want the whole deep-dive lore:

• the Code Signing Tool User Guide UG10106, section 5.9, is where the usage tea lives ☕
• the High Assurance Boot Version 4 API Reference Manual RM00298, section 4, is where the structures inside the image are explained 🧚

Both of those (the user guide and the reference manual) can be grabbed from www.nxp.com — and they are excluded from Debian for copyright reasons, so don't come looking for them here bestie, they're not in the distro 😭

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

hab_csf_parser is the utility that parses signed images or binary Command Sequence Files (CSF) — the ones used in the secure boot process on NXP i.MX processors. It pulls the info out of either a signed boot image or a CSF binary file and shows it to you ✨

⚠️ lowkey important: only one input type (signed image or CSF binary) can be processed at a time. Not both. Pick a lane, icon 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -d, --enable-debug — turns on debug information output, so you get the extra receipts 🔍
• -s, --signed-image file — hand it a signed image file and that's what it parses 🖼️
• -c, --csf-binary file — hand it a CSF binary file and that's what it parses 🧾

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

Parse a signed image with debug enabled:

hab_csf_parser -d -s signed_image.bin

Parse a CSF binary file:

hab_csf_parser -c csf_binary.bin

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

cst(1), ahab_image_verifier, hab4_image_verifier

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and that's the whole vibe fr fr 🎀 this was written for the i.MX CST Documentation, dated 2026-09-02 — catch you in the next manpage bestie, mwah 💖🌸🫶