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Clair Obscur: The Light and Shadow of System Call Interposition – From Pitfalls to Solutions with K23

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: System call interposition is a widely used technique to trace and modify application behavior. Over the years, numerous interposition mechanisms have been proposed, each with distinct strengths and trade-offs. Recently, advances in binary rewriting—specifically targeting x86–64 syscall and sysenter instructions—have led to new techniques that take important steps forward, with some claiming to support general-purpose use.

Source: International Middleware Conference

DOI: 10.1145/3721462.3770772

Authors: Jesús María Gómez Moreno, Vissarion Moutafis, Antreas Dionysiou, Fernando Kuipers, Georgios Smaragdakis, Bart Coppens, Alexios Voulimeneas

Institutions: Delft University of Technology, Frederick University, Ghent University

Language: English

Topic: Security and Verification in Computing

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: European Commission, Vlaamse regering, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Awards: G2065967292, Innovations in Detecting and Disrupting Crime-as-a-Service Operations, An open-source platform for Resilient sECure digITAL identitieS, VALIDATing SEcurity Safeguards in Binaries Compiled with Memory-Safe Languages Pre-Execution

OpenAlex ID: W7110383938

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