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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Kevin Snow, Cary, NC (US);
Fabian Monrose, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Srinivas Krishnan, Carrboro, NC (US);
Kevin Snow, Cary, NC (US);
Fabian Monrose, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Srinivas Krishnan, Carrboro, NC (US);
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for detecting injected machine code. The method includes extracting data content from a buffer. The method also includes providing an operating system kernel configured to detect injected machine code. The method further includes executing, using the operating system kernel, the data content on a physical processor. The method further includes monitoring, using the operating system kernel, the execution of the data content to determine whether the data content contains injected machine code indicative of a code injection attack.