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iOS12 Kernelcache Laundering

01/10/2018 iOS 12 has been released for a few weeks now. New major iOS versions often mean new kernelcache and dyld_shared_cache file formats. iOS12 is no exception to the rule and comes with an other surprise: Pointer Authentication Code (PAC) for the new A12 chip. This blogpost shows you how to deal with both by enhancing IDA. IDA 7.2 beta future release might add PAC and iOS12 kernelcache support but it will only be released in a few weeks and we think it will always be interesting to illustrate how to do it by ourselves. ...