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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Xiaohan Qin, Austin, TX (US);
Pedro V. Torres, Travis, TX (US);
Xinya Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Amit Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract
A return address of a caller of a software function within an access control component is determined, the caller comprising a software component seeking access to a protected resource protected by the access control component. From the return address, a filename of the caller is determined. Responsive to determining that the filename is included in a set of filenames of components allowed to access the protected resource, the caller is allowed to access the protected resource.