iOS 6 Kernel Security 3 - Kernel Address Space ProtectionThe technique known as kernel address space protection, which is intended for preventing NULL and offset-to-NULL dereference vulnerabilities in iOS 6, is the key subject matter for discussion in this part. Mark Dowd and Tarjei Mandt dwell on how this problem used to be addressed in the previous version of the platform, and describe in detail how security checks and user/kernel validation are implemented in version 6.
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iOS 6 Kernel Security 3 - Kernel Address Space Protection
