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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Angelos D. Keromytis, New York, NY (US);
Stylianos Sidiroglou, New York, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and media for testing software patches are provided. The methods include: injecting a software patch into a program; determining a portion of the program modified by the software patch; concurrently executing a first instance of the portion of the program prior to modification by the software patch and a second instance of the portion of the program that has been modified by the software patch; obtaining a first outcome of the first instance and a second outcome of the second instance; comparing the first outcome and the second outcome with a policy associated with the program; and determining whether the software patch has executed correctly based at least in part on the comparison.