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

August 7, 2024 at 01:08PM Computer security researchers at CISPA Helmholtz Center in Germany have discovered security flaws in T-Head Semiconductor’s RISC-V processors, notably the GhostWrite vulnerability in the TH1520 SoC. The flaw allows unauthorized access to physical memory, posing a significant risk to affected devices. The vulnerability is inherently tied to the design of … Read more