Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attacks are Practical

Fangfei Liu, Yuval Yarom, Qian Ge, Gernot Heiser, Ruby B. Lee · 2015

We present an effective implementation of the Prime+Probe side-channel attack against the last-level cache. We measure the capacity of the covert channel the attack creates and demonstrate a cross-core, cross-VM attack on multiple versions of GnuPG. Our technique achieves a high attack resolution without relying on weaknesses in the OS or virtual machine monitor or on sharing memory between attacker and victim.

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