RIPEMB: A framework for assessing hardware-assisted software security schemes in embedded systems
Stefan Tauner · Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security · 2022
Memory corruption bugs remain one of the biggest threats to software security. The increasing complexity of SoCs and prevalence of connected embedded devices require larger software support packages that inevitably contain more bugs. Unfortunately, as of now, hardware-assisted security measures are not widely available in smaller embedded devices based on MCUs. Even if they are, vendors might configure them inadequately and validating the correct behavior of such important features is advisable.