From 878919d80864301328f3e9c471fe2dce2a8ea61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:17:49 +0100
Subject: chore: kernel/boot: Enforce subsystem 17 by default.

Signed-off-by: Amlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>
---
 src/boot/src/BootThread.cc | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/boot')

diff --git a/src/boot/src/BootThread.cc b/src/boot/src/BootThread.cc
index ec26209b..bbb8fb5a 100644
--- a/src/boot/src/BootThread.cc
+++ b/src/boot/src/BootThread.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ BootThread::BootThread(VoidPtr blob) : fStartAddress(nullptr), fBlob(blob) {
     }
 #endif  // __NE_AMD64__ || __NE_ARM64__
 
+#if !defined(__nekernel_allow_non_nekernel_pe)
+    if (opt_header_ptr->Subsystem != kNeKernelPESubsystem) {
+      writer.Write("BootZ: Not a NeKernel PE32+ executable.\r");
+      return;
+    }
+#endif
+
     writer.Write("BootZ: PE32+ executable detected (NeKernel Subsystem).\r");
 
     auto numSecs = header_ptr->NumberOfSections;
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