Technique for finding relaxed memory model vulnerabilities
US8392891B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3851
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method capable of finding relaxed memory-model vulnerabilities in a computer program caused by running on a machine having a relaxed memory model. A relaxed memory model vulnerability in a computer program includes the presence of program executions that are not sequentially consistent. In one embodiment, non-sequentially consistent executions are detected by exploring sequentially consistent executions.
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