Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges to attacker

Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by pkaye on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:49PM (#15030634)

I couldn't get access to the video. How do they work around the error correction and wear leveling algorithms?

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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by alternateben on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:04PM (#15030812)

They don't. I was at the presentation. It assumes that the target FS is ext3 and one has bypassed the mitigations you mention and any others that get in the way. Mention is made of previous generation SSD tech that was vulnerable to charge leakage during IO to adjacent cells.

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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by rhizome on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:31PM (#15031123)

Assuming a spherical SSD...

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