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I've read that the NX (never execute) bit on some 64bit processors, may prevent some buffer overflow attacks. I wonder if this is available for the Apple A7 chi
by musesum 13y ago
I've read that the NX (never execute) bit on some 64bit processors, may prevent some buffer overflow attacks. I wonder if this is available for the Apple A7 chip?
- jasomill 13y agoYes, it is, but this is not new for the A7; it's also available on (all?) older iPhone CPUs. You're probably thinking about x86, where page-granular NX wasn't available until AMD64.