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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:02:53 +0200
From: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To: kristen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: entry: flush the cache if syscall error
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 9:14 PM Kristen Carlson Accardi
<kristen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> This patch aims to make it harder to perform cache timing attacks on data
> left behind by system calls. If we have an error returned from a syscall,
> flush the L1 cache.
How much protection does this provide, given that it e.g. doesn't
flush L2/L3 and doesn't prevent data leakage through hyperthreading
and cache coherency? Is an L2/L3-based attack expected to be harder
than an L1D-based one?
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