M5 Macs Support Memory Integrity Enforcement
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$ sysctl -a | grep MTE4
hw.optional.arm.FEAT_MTE4: 1
MTE4 is the "enhanced memory tagging extension"[1] that underlies Apple's broader Memory Integrity Enforcement system.More on MIE and why it's cool: https://security.apple.com/blog/memory-integrity-enforcement/
[1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/109697/0100/Feature-descriptions/The-Armv8-9-architecture-extension?lang=en#md454-the-armv89-architecture-extension__FEAT_MTE4
The author confirms that the M5 MacBook Pro supports Memory Integrity Enforcement through the ARMv8.9 architecture extension, specifically FEAT_MTE4, and shares their findings.
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