On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 17:12:45 GMT, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Alan Hayward has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
>> commit since the last revision:
>>
>> Fix up UseROPProtection flag
>
> make/autoconf/flags-cflags.m4 line 902:
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>> 900: BRANCH_PROTECTION_CFLAGS=""
>> 901
> PAC is an optional feature in AArch64 8.3 and is compulsory in v9. One
> of its uses is to protect against ROP based attacks. This is done by
> signing the Link Register whenever it is stored on the stack, and
> authenticating the value when it is loaded back from the stack. If an
> attacker were
On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:39:50 GMT, Alan Hayward wrote:
>> PAC is an optional feature in AArch64 8.3 and is compulsory in v9. One
>> of its uses is to protect against ROP based attacks. This is done by
>> signing the Link Register whenever it is stored on the stack, and
>> authenticating the value
> PAC is an optional feature in AArch64 8.3 and is compulsory in v9. One
> of its uses is to protect against ROP based attacks. This is done by
> signing the Link Register whenever it is stored on the stack, and
> authenticating the value when it is loaded back from the stack. If an
> attacker were
On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:21:46 GMT, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Alan Hayward has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
>> commit since the last revision:
>>
>> Default to building without branch-protection
>
> src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/vm_version_aarch64.cpp line 419:
>
>> 417:
