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Code pointer authentication for hardware flow control

US9514305B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Can Acar · San Diego, US
Arvind Krishnaswamy · Bengaluru, IN
Robert John Turner · Dhahran, SA

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/554
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for enforcing flow control of a software program in a processor are provided. An example method according to these techniques includes analyzing program code of the software program to identify a code pointer in the program code, generating an authentication tag based on the code pointer, and modifying the code pointer in the program code with the authentication tag to generate a tagged code pointer.

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