Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Security protection of software libraries in a data processing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 数据处理设备中软件库的安全保护
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Application No.: US14220499Application Date: 2014-03-20
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Publication No.: US09251378B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Thomas Christopher Grocutt
- Applicant: ARM Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1310421.1 20130612
- Main IPC: G06F21/74
- IPC: G06F21/74 ; G06F21/71

Abstract:
A processing apparatus 2 has a secure domain 90 and a less secure domain 80. Security protection hardware 40 performs security checking operations when the processing circuitry 2 calls between domains. A data store 6 stores several software libraries 100 and library management software 110. The library management software 110 selects at least one of the libraries 100 as an active library which is executable by the processing circuitry 4 and at least one other library 100 as inactive libraries which are not executable. In response to an access to an inactive library, the library management software 110 switches which library is active.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140373171A1 SECURITY PROTECTION OF SOFTWARE LIBRARIES IN A DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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