Faulty instructions in #Alibaba's T-Head #C910 #RISC-V CPUs blow away all #security

source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/07/riscv_business_thead_c910_vulnerable/

When you use these flawed instructions, you will be touching physical #memory directly, bypassing the #MMU and its memory protection mechanisms that ordinarily prevent apps from interfering with each other and the underlying #OS and #hardware.

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Faulty instructions in Alibaba's T-Head C910 RISC-V CPUs blow away all security

Let's get physical, physical ... I don't wanna hear your MMU talk

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}