Memory Protection Keys: Facts, Key Extension Perspectives, and Discussions
- Soyeon Park ,
- Sangho Lee ,
- Taesoo Kim
IEEE Security & Privacy | , Vol 21(3)
Memory Protection Keys (MPK) offers per-thread memory protection with an affordable overhead, prompting many new studies. With protection key extension, MPK provides more fine-grained protection and better functionality. MPK can be an attractive option for memory protection in industry.