Differential Cryptanalysis of the Reduced Pointer Authentication Code Function Used in Arm’s FEAT_PACQARMA3 Feature

The Pointer Authentication Code (PAC) feature in the Arm architecture is used to enforce the Code Flow Integrity (CFI) of running programs. It does so by generating a short MAC — called the PAC — of the return address and some additional context information upon function entry, and checking it upon...

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Main Authors: Roberto Avanzi, Orr Dunkelman, Shibam Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2025-03-01
Series:IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
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Online Access:https://tosc.iacr.org/index.php/ToSC/article/view/12082
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