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Challenges of Return-Oriented-Programming on the Xtensa Hardware Architecture

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper shows how the Xtensa architecture can be attacked with Return-Oriented-Programming (ROP). The presented techniques include possibilities for both supported Application Binary Interfaces (ABIs). Especially for the windowed ABI a powerful mechanism is presented that not only allows to jump to gadgets but also to manipulate registers without relying on specific gadgets. This paper purely focuses on how the properties of the architecture itself can be exploited to chain gadgets and not on specific attacks or a gadget catalog.

Source: Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD)

DOI: 10.1109/dsd51259.2020.00034

Authors: Kai Lehniger, Marcin J. Aftowicz, Peter Langendorfer, Zoya Dyka

Institutions: Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

Language: English

Topic: Security and Verification in Computing

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3092071423

FWCI: 0.572

Cites: 6

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10