The "flush+reload" mentioned in the Project Zero blog[0] is a variant of cache-timing attacks. The original Flush+reload paper has more details[1], but I intent

The "flush+reload" mentioned in the Project Zero blog[0] is a variant of cache-timing attacks. The original Flush+reload paper has more details[1], but I intentionally didn't delve into the specifics of Flush+Reload. The description I've used is more closer to Evict+Time actually. If you're interested, I recommend this presentation[2] for more details on the category of attacks. [0]: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2018/01/reading-privil... [1]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/448.pdf https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/448.pdf [2]: https://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2016ams/materials/D2T1%20-%20Anders%20Fogh%20-%20Cache%20Side%20Channel%20Attacks.pdf https://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2016ams/materials/D2T... (Youtube: https://youtu.be/UH6dFbiX_hM https://youtu.be/UH6dFbiX_hM)