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diff --git a/results/classifier/zero-shot/105/instruction/2946 b/results/classifier/zero-shot/105/instruction/2946 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1f775a8f --- /dev/null +++ b/results/classifier/zero-shot/105/instruction/2946 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +instruction: 0.889 +graphic: 0.762 +network: 0.728 +device: 0.599 +other: 0.554 +semantic: 0.394 +vnc: 0.305 +mistranslation: 0.217 +socket: 0.194 +boot: 0.090 +KVM: 0.056 +assembly: 0.018 + +crypto/aes.c (used for emulating aes instructions) has a timing side-channel +Description of problem: +https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/a9cd5bc6399a80fcf233ed0fffe6067b731227d8/crypto/aes.c#L1021 + +much of the code in crypto/aes.c accesses memory arrays where the array index is based on the secret data being encrypted/decrypted. because of cpu caches and other things that can delay memory accesses based on their address, this is a timing side-channel, potentially allowing leaking secrets over a network based on timing how long cryptography operations take. + +compare to openssl which uses an algorithm where its execution time doesn't depend on the data being processed: +https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/0051746e03c65f5970d8ca424579d50f58a877e0 + +I initially reported this as a security issue, but was told that since it's only used by TCG, it isn't a security issue, since TCG isn't considered secure. |