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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Vladimir L. Kiriansky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Derek L. Bruening, Troy, NY (US);
Saman P. Amarasinghe, Saltham, MA (US);
Vladimir L. Kiriansky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Derek L. Bruening, Troy, NY (US);
Saman P. Amarasinghe, Saltham, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Hijacking of an application is prevented by securing execution of a computer program on a computing system. Prior to execution of the computer program, the computer program is analyzed to identify permitted targets of all indirect transfers. An application-specific policy based on the permitted targets is created. When the program is executed on the computing system, the application-specific policy is enforced such that the program is prohibited from executing indirect transfer instructions that do not target one of the permitted targets.