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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Mcafee, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
McAfee, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1458 (2013.01); G06F 3/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 9/3005 (2013.01); G06F 9/3804 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/302 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G06F 11/3086 (2013.01); G06F 11/3466 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to an execution profiling handler configured for intercepting an invocation of memory allocation library and observing memory allocation for an executable application process. The observed memory allocation can be used to update memory allocation meta-data for tracking purposes. The execution profiling handler can also intercept indirect branch calls to prevent heap allocation from converting to execution and intercept exploitation of heap memory to block execution.