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The associated paper abstract claims to have broken sudo by rowhammering register values. It stands to reason that these mitigations thwart the found attacks -
by Beldin 3y ago
The associated paper abstract claims to have broken sudo by rowhammering register values. It stands to reason that these mitigations thwart the found attacks - the commit message points to the paper as the reason for these mitigations, after all.
Preventing known attacks is not pointless at all.
- kevincox 3y agoI think the point is that if your known attack I'd "target was shot in the right hand" making them wear a protective glove on their right hand isn't a good defense. You would want two protective gloves, a helmet and bulletproof vest.