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Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) is a processor speculative-execution vulnerability involving deferred handling of instruction-permission faults. On affected processors, faulting memory accesses can execute speculatively before the associated exception is delivered, leaving cache effects that reveal privileged memory through targeted side-channel analysis. An unprivileged local attacker can exploit this behavior to read kernel-space memory, undermining isolation between applications and the kernel. Affected architectures include Intel x86-64 and certain IBM Power/PowerPC processors; AMD x86-64 processors are not affected by this variant.
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This repository is a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the Meltdown vulnerability (CVE-2017-5754) affecting certain CPUs and the Linux kernel. The structure consists of two main directories: 'cache' (demonstrating cache timing) and 'meltdown' (the actual exploit). The 'meltdown' directory contains the main exploit code, which uses speculative execution and cache side-channel techniques to read arbitrary memory from protected kernel space. The exploit is run from the command line, requiring the user to specify a memory address and size. The code is written in C and is intended for research and demonstration purposes, not for weaponization. No network or remote endpoints are involved; the attack vector is purely local, requiring code execution privileges on the target system.
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A speculative execution side-channel vulnerability affecting multiple CPU architectures, allowing unauthorized data disclosure across privilege boundaries.
The Meltdown speculative execution vulnerability referenced as one of the CVEs used to detect vulnerable systems.
The Meltdown CPU vulnerability, mentioned in the leaked discussions as an older CVE reference.
A CPU speculative execution vulnerability for which Google references KPTI-based mitigations, including Android and Chrome OS patching.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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