Implicit Buffer Overflow Protection Using Memory Segregation

• Published in: 2011 Sixth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security pp. 175 - 182
• Main Authors: Roth, B. G., Spafford, E. H.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2011
• Subjects: buffer overflow; Computer crime; Libraries; Memory management; memory protection; memory segmentation; memory segregation; multiple heaps; multiple stacks; Process control; Program processors; Registers; Resource management

Computing systems continue to be plagued by malicious corruption of instructions and data. Buffer overflows, in particular, are often employed to disrupt the control flow of vulnerable processes. Existing methods of protection against these attacks operate by detecting corruption after it has taken...