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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory William Dalcher, Tigard, MN (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 11/3466 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for monitoring an execution flow of a function. In use, data associated with a function is identified within a call stack. Additionally, a call stack frame is determined from freed memory in the call stack. Further, an execution flow of the function is monitored, utilizing the call stack frame from the freed memory.