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Shadow Stack

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003923

A parallel hardware stack that applications can utilize to store a copy of return addresses that are checked against the normal program stack on return operations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003923
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNISTIR 8320; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003923",
  "term": "Shadow Stack",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A parallel hardware stack that applications can utilize to store a copy of return addresses that are checked against the normal program stack on return operations.",
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 8320",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/shadow-stack/"
}

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