XOM-Switch - Hiding Your Code from Advanced Code Reuse Attacks in One Shot

Discover a powerful security tool called XOM-switch in this 34-minute Black Hat conference talk. Learn how to enable Execute-Only Memory (XOM) on deployed Linux applications using Protection Key Unit (PKU), a CPU feature becoming widely available in the PC market. Explore an end-to-end approach for securing applications without requiring source code or heavy binary rewriting. Gain insights from experts Mingwei Zhang, Ravi Sahita, and Daiping Liu as they demonstrate how XOM-switch can effectively protect against advanced code reuse attacks.