On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:18:04 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
