iOS Kernel Heap Armageddon - Hakim
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iOS Kernel Zone Allocator 101 • zone allocator keeps a single linked list of free blocks • last memory block is first in freelist - memory is allocated backwards 0x000 0x200 0x400 0x600 0x800 0xA00 0xC00 0xE00 0x1000 head of freelist Stefan Esser • iOS Kernel Heap Armageddon REVISITED • July 2012 • 12
iOS Kernel Zone Allocator 101 • when memory is allocated the head of the freelist is returned • and the pointer stored in the free memory block is made the new head before allocation after allocation head of freelist head of freelist Stefan Esser • iOS Kernel Heap Armageddon REVISITED • July 2012 • 13
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<strong>iOS</strong> <strong>Kernel</strong> Zone Allocator 101<br />
• when memory is allocated the head of the freelist is returned<br />
• and the pointer stored in the free memory block is made the new head<br />
before<br />
allocation<br />
after<br />
allocation<br />
head of freelist<br />
head of freelist<br />
Stefan Esser • <strong>iOS</strong> <strong>Kernel</strong> <strong>Heap</strong> <strong>Armageddon</strong> REVISITED • July 2012 •<br />
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