Memory alignment randomization method for mitigation of heap exploit
US10664589B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A memory alignment randomization method of a memory heap exploit is provided, memory alignment of objects inside a heap area is randomly performed to mitigate the exploits of the vulnerability of the software memory heap area The heap exploit is powerfully mitigated by aligning randomly obtained memory addresses instead of aligning memory addresses at multiples of 4 or 8 when the memory alignment for the objects inside the heap area.
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