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Date:      Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:23:08 -0700
From:      Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
To:        "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
Subject:   Re: DRAM Rowhammer exploits
Message-ID:  <20150309202308.64DFBB82A@mail.bitblocks.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:52:04 -0000." <91440.1425930724@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1503092248580.38285@woozle.rinet.ru> <91440.1425930724@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:52:04 -0000 "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> --------
> In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1503092248580.38285@woozle.rinet.ru>, Dmitry Moro
> zo
> vsky writes:
> >Dear colleagues,
> >
> >any thoughts we're vulnerable to this?
> 
> It's a hardware problem, *everybody* are vulnerable.

I guess manufacturer memory testing hasn't kept up to deal
with shrinking geometries.... 

Hopefully ECC memory protects against such exploits (at least
makes them a lot less vulnerable).



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