2 papers
cs.AR2023
SPECRUN: The Danger of Speculative Runahead Execution in Processors
Chaoqun Shen, Gang Qu, Jiliang Zhang
Runahead execution is a continuously evolving microarchitectural technique for processor performance. This paper introduces the first transient execution attack on the runahead exe…
cs.CR2023
Write+Sync: Software Cache Write Covert Channels Exploiting Memory-disk Synchronization
Congcong Chen, Jinhua Cui, Gang Qu +1
Memory-disk synchronization is a critical technology for ensuring data correctness, integrity, and security, especially in systems that handle sensitive information like financial…