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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by tedunangst on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:16PM (#15030962)
Do SSDs use CTR mode? How does one perform a padding oracle against an SSD? I feel like we're pretty far away from the relevant context, which is users corrupting data on an SSD.
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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by heheocoenev on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:36PM (#15031587)
XTS mode for block storage. Can't be CBC or CTR, where would you Store the IV or counter/nonce?
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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by Scaevolus on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:44PM (#15031635)
You could store it in the block metadata, which SSD flash translation layers already use for wear-leveling purposes.
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Re:Rowhammer-like attack on SSDs can provide root privileges... by tedunangst on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @06:17PM (#15031843)
This sounds more like random speculation than informed commentary.
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