Re:Downfall Attacks
by duped on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:01PM
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> But wait, how is it even considered a processor bug ?
These side channel attacks allow an attacker to read registers from other processes before any context switching has occurred, or independently of any context switching (even if the OS has been written to correctly clear state).
These side channel attacks allow an attacker to read registers from other processes before any context switching has occurred, or independently of any context switching (even if the OS has been written to correctly clear state).