Spectre V2: Leaking Secrets

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Figure 6: A visualization of how secrets can be leaked in a Spectre V2 attack. The eBPF interpreter speculatively executes attacker-specified eBPF code which will read a secret value and use it to access reader. The effects of speculative execution can be observed via a cache-timing side channel.

Figure 6: A visualization of how secrets can be leaked in a Spectre V2 attack. The eBPF interpreter speculatively executes attacker-specified eBPF code which will read a secret value and use it to access reader. The effects of speculative execution can be observed via a cache-timing side channel.

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