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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by the8472 on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:45PM (#15030595)
Not all cipher modes are immalleable.
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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by dmitrygr on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:46PM (#15030611)
AES without a known key doesn't allow modifications of a single output bit by only modifying plaintext and having no way to observe cyphertext.
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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by tedunangst on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:18PM (#15030983)
And which cipher modes are used by SSDs?
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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by dom0 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @03:45AM (#15034574)
Looking at this thread of comments a couple hours later, clearly, no one has an idea (so any security cleams seem unbased).
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