CacheOut: Leaking Data on Intel CPUs via Cache Evictions

Re:CacheOut: Leaking Data on Intel CPUs via Cache Evictions by scandinavian on Monday January 27, 2020 @04:10PM (#22163816)

>but the instant it's in a rootkit everybody will be able to do it.

This makes no sense. If you have the privileges to install a rootkit, there is no need to use any speculative execution exploit.

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Re:CacheOut: Leaking Data on Intel CPUs via Cache Evictions by jandrese on Monday January 27, 2020 @04:12PM (#22163832)

The first feature of a rootkit is to get root access. A userspace kernel-information leak utility would be very useful for this step.

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Re:CacheOut: Leaking Data on Intel CPUs via Cache Evictions by scandinavian on Monday January 27, 2020 @04:25PM (#22163950)

Okay, we have differing definitions of what a rootkit is it seems.

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Re:CacheOut: Leaking Data on Intel CPUs via Cache Evictions by foota on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:42PM (#22165356)

They mean in the implementation of a rootkit.

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