On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 02:35:41PM +0100, lst_ho...@kwsoft.de wrote:
> Zitat von Benjamin Henrion <zoo...@gmail.com>:
> >Could this be used to gain HN root access from a container:
> >
> >http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.be/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html?m=1
> >
> >best,
> 
> As i understand this is a hardware defect, so yes it would be  
> exploitable within any OS which does not explicit prevent the usage  
> pattern of RAM.

Yes, but patching the Linux kernel to restrict access to
/proc/self/pagemap may mitigate the currently described attack.  This is
something the OpenVZ project may do.

Alexander
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