Windows ARM64 Internals: Deconstructing Pointer Authentication
todsacerdoti Saturday, November 22, 2025
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The article explores the internals of Windows on ARM64 architecture, focusing on the implementation of pointer authentication, a security feature that helps mitigate control-flow hijacking attacks by verifying the integrity of function pointers. It provides a detailed technical analysis of how pointer authentication works in the Windows ARM64 environment.
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