ConTExT: A Generic Approach for Mitigating Spectre
Michael Schwarz, Moritz Lipp, Claudio Canella, Robert Schilling, Florian Kargl, Daniel Gruss
Abstract
Out-of-order execution and speculative execution are among the biggest contributors to performance and efficiency of modern processors. However, they are inconsiderate, leaking secret data during the transient execution of instructions. Many solutions and hardware fixes have been proposed for mitigating transient-execution attacks. However, they either do not eliminate the leakage entirely or introduce unacceptable performance penalties.
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