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If “reading secret data out of kernel memory” translates into “read the page cache from a stranger’s VM that happens to be on the same cloud server” then this c

If “reading secret data out of kernel memory” translates into “read the page cache from a stranger’s VM that happens to be on the same cloud server” then this could be worse than Heartbleed.

0x0 9y ago
Or maybe random javascript in the browser can stroll upon your ssh private key in the kernel's file cache... and so on.
- mikeash 9y ago
  Excellent point, I didn't think about the implications for stuff like JavaScript.
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