update README now that MTE is implemented

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Daniel Micay 2023-10-30 14:23:07 -04:00
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* Errors other than ENOMEM from mmap, munmap, mprotect and mremap treated
as fatal, which can help to detect memory management gone wrong elsewhere
in the process.
* [future] Memory tagging for slab allocations via MTE on ARMv8.5+
* Memory tagging for slab allocations via MTE on ARMv8.5+
* random memory tags as the baseline, providing probabilistic protection
against various forms of memory corruption
* dedicated tag for free slots, set on free, for deterministic protection
against accessing freed memory
* store previous random tag within freed slab allocations, and increment it
to get the next tag for that slot to provide deterministic use-after-free
detection through multiple cycles of memory reuse
* guarantee distinct tags for adjacent memory allocations by incrementing
past matching values for deterministic detection of linear overflows
* [future] store previous random tag and increment it to get the next tag
for that slot to provide deterministic use-after-free detection through
multiple cycles of memory reuse
## Randomness
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## Memory tagging
**Memory tagging has been implemented and this section is currently
out-of-date.**
Integrating extensive support for ARMv8.5 memory tagging is planned and this
section will be expanded to cover the details on the chosen design. The approach
for slab allocations is currently covered, but it can also be used for the