System and method for protecting against control-flow attacks

Authors

Srinivas Katkoori
Sheikh Ariful Islam

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

November 2023

Patent Number

11809563

CPC

G06F 21/566 , G06F 21/62 , G06F 21/52 , G06F 2221/034

Abstract

A system and method of protecting against control-flow attacks provides two complementary, transparent, and strong security policies for the RTL design at a hardware level. The approach performs static analysis of controller, followed by lightweight instrumentation, such that CFI is enforced in-place and at runtime. The modified controller follows conservative CFG with the help of a monitor.

Application Number

17/369045

Recommended Citation

Katkoori, Srinivas and Islam, Sheikh Ariful, "System and method for protecting against control-flow attacks" (2023). USF Patents. 1380.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/1380

Assignees

University of South Florida

Filing Date

07/07/2021