CVE-2017-5926

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern AMD processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5926

CVE-2017-5926 describes a side-channel vulnerability affecting AMD processors where page table walks by the MMU leave traces in the last-level cache. A JavaScript-based attack can leak data and code pointers, effectively breaking ASLR. The connected documents confirm the issue is tied to AMD MMU/...