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sMVX: Multi-Variant Execution on Selected Code Paths

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Multi-Variant Execution (MVX) is an effective way to detect memory corruption vulnerabilities, intrusions, or live software updates. A traditional MVX system concurrently runs multiple copies of functionally identical, layout-different program variants. Therefore, a typical memory corruption attack that forges pointers can succeed on at most one variant, leading the other variant(s) to crash. The replicated execution adds software security and reliability but also brings multiple times of CPU and memory usage.

Source: International Middleware Conference

DOI: 10.1145/3652892.3654794

Authors: Sengming Yeoh, Xiaoguang Wang, Jae-Won Jang, Binoy Ravindran

Institutions: Virginia Tech, University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Security and Verification in Computing

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research