Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Protecting computer code against ROP attacks
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Application No.: US15270007Application Date: 2016-09-20
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Publication No.: US10223527B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Eitan Farchi , Ayman Jarrous , Tamer Salman
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Ziv Glasberg
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; G06F21/54 ; G06F21/55

Abstract:
A method, computer product and computerized system, the method comprising: receiving computer code to be protected, wherein the computer code comprising of code blocks arranged consecutively; modifying the computer code, whereby a modified computer code is created, wherein said modifying comprises: introducing a padding area inbetween every two code blocks, wherein each padding area comprises one or more computer instructions; and storing the modified computer code in a computer readable medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180082056A1 PROTECTING COMPUTER CODE AGAINST ROP ATTACKS Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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