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Message-ID: <20180602094327.GA16667@kroah.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 11:43:27 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: procmem <procmem@...eup.net>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Nethammer and kernel network drivers
On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 03:46:19AM +0000, procmem wrote:
> Hello. I wanted to get your attention about a new, more serious
> reincarnation of rowhammer called nethammer that doesn't need to execut
> any code on the system like in the past nor does it leave a trace.
>
> The summary of the paper is that rowhammer can be
> remotely triggered by feeding susceptible* network driver crafted
> traffic. This attack can do all kinds of nasty things such as modifying
> SSL certs on the victim system.
>
> * Susceptible drivers are those relying on Intel CAT, uncached memory or
> the clflush instruction.
>
> In absence of hardware mitigations, please identify and disable/fix
> susceptible network drivers to avoid this type of attack. Thanks.
Any hint as to how to identify such drivers? Have you looked into what
this would entail?
thanks,
greg k-h
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