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Re: Memory Safety and Page Protected Memory

From: Jens Maurer <jens.maurer_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:34:12 +0100
On 28/02/2024 01.17, Ville Voutilainen wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 at 02:01, Jens Maurer via SG14
> <sg14_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> On 28/02/2024 00.46, Ben Craig via SG14 wrote:
>>> It has been done before. AppVerifier on Windows has options that allow you to isolate pages with guard pages.
>>>
>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/gflags-and-pageheap <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/gflags-and-pageheap>
>>
>> I've also used a tool using this approach on some Unix-lookalike
>> two decades ago or so. I can't remember the name.
>
> Are you referring to ElectricFence?

Yes.

Jens

Received on 2024-02-28 00:34:25