Method and apparatus for realtime detection of heap memory corruption by buffer overruns

US8930657B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8930657-B2
Application numberUS-201113184999-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 18, 2011
Priority dateJul 18, 2011
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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One embodiment of the present invention relates to a heap overflow detection system that includes an arithmetic logic unit, a datapath, and address violation detection logic. The arithmetic logic unit is configured to receive an instruction having an opcode and an operand and to generate a final address and to generate a compare signal on the opcode indicating a heap memory access related instruction. The datapath is configured to provide the opcode and the operand to the arithmetic logic unit. The address violation detection logic determines whether a heap memory access is a violation according to the operand and the final address on receiving the compare signal from the arithmetic logic unit.

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What is claimed is: 1. A heap overflow detection system comprising: an arithmetic logic unit configured to receive an instruction having an opcode and an operand and to generate a final address and to generate a compare signal on the opcode indicating a heap memory access related instruction; a datapath configured to provide the opcode and the operand to the arithmetic logic unit; and address violation detection logic that determines whether a heap memory access is a violation…

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What does patent US8930657B2 cover?
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a heap overflow detection system that includes an arithmetic logic unit, a datapath, and address violation detection logic. The arithmetic logic unit is configured to receive an instruction having an opcode and an operand and to generate a final address and to generate a compare signal on the opcode indicating a heap memory access related instr…
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Balasubramanian Prakash Kalanjeri, Infineon Technologies Ag
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F12/1441. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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