Georgia Tech Research Identifies Android Security Weaknesses Caused by Performance Design

Georgia Tech researchers have identified a weakness in one of Android's security features. The research, titled Abusing Performance Optimization Weaknesses to Bypass ASLR, identifies an Android performance feature that weakens a software protection called Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), leaving software components vulnerable to attacks that bypass the protection.

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