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Can’t Touch This: Software-only Mitigation against Rowhammer Attacks targeting Kernel Memory

A rowhammer attack exploits a vulnerability created by the physical characteristics of modern computer memory. Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) is a high-speed memory circuit that stores information by creating an electrical charge in tiny capacitor; which is something like a battery.  A charged capacitor represents a value (i.e.”1”) as opposed to an uncharged capacitor (“0”).  …