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bri3d
on Dec 13, 2022
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About the security content of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS ...
In the kernel:
https://security.apple.com/blog/towards-the-next-generation-...
In bootloaders:
https://support.apple.com/guide/security/memory-safe-iboot-i...
dcsommer
on Dec 14, 2022
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I would love to see details of iBoot.
How
they built a memory safe bootloader with just "a modified C toolchain" is a pretty important detail. Did add they another language to the toolchain or add a special --memory-safe flag to a forked C compiler?
saagarjha
on Dec 14, 2022
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Annotations on top of C, compiled through their private fork of LLVM. Here's what it looks like on our side:
https://saaramar.github.io/iBoot_firebloom/
lsllc
on Dec 14, 2022
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