CET Internals in Windows 20H1

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Came across this today Windows Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) Internals in Windows 20H1:

https://windows-internals.com/cet-on-windows/

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Big truth:

Conclusion
The implementation of CET and its related mitigations are a major step towards eliminating the use of ROP and other control flow hijacking techniques. Control flow integrity is obviously a complicated topic, which will probably get even more complex as additional mitigations are added to it in the future.

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Yes, lots of logic in checking and verifying at various stages, but an interesting topic nonetheless.