A Journey of Hunting macOS Kernel Vulnerabilities

A researcher's account of hunting macOS kernel vulnerabilities — methodology, dead ends, and the bugs that made it through.

Zer0Con 2022
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Talk delivered at Zer0Con 2022 (Seoul, April 2022). The presentation walks through a sustained effort to find exploitable vulnerabilities in the macOS kernel, covering target selection, code review methodology, fuzzer design, and a discussion of the patches that resulted.

Slides available on GitHub