Cape: Compiler-Aided Program Transformation forHTM-Based Cache Side-Channel Defense

Zhang，Rui1; Bond，Michael D.2; Zhang，Yinqian1

10.1145/3497776.3517778

2022-09-19

31st ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Compiler Construction (CC)

CC 2022 - Proceedings of the 31st ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Compiler Construction

181-193

APR 02-06, 2022

null,Seoul,SOUTH KOREA

1601 Broadway, 10th Floor, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY

Cache side-channel attacks pose real threats to computer system security. Prior work called Cloak leverages commodity hardware transactional memory (HTM) to protect sensitive data and code from cache side-channel attacks. However, Cloak requires tedious and error-prone manual modifications to vulnerable software by programmers. This paper presents Cape, a compiler analysis and transformation that soundly and automatically protects programs from cache side-channel attacks using Cloak's defense. An evaluation shows that Cape provides protection that is as strong as Cloak's, while performing competitively with Cloak.

cache side-channel defense compiler analysis and transformation hardware transactional memory

其他

英语

EI ; CPCI-S

NSF["XPS-1629126","CAREER-1253703","CCF-1421612"]

Computer Science

Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture ; Computer Science, Software Engineering ; Computer Science, Theory & Methods

WOS:000883330900016

20221511961299

Cache memory ; Program compilers ; Side channel attack ; Storage allocation (computer)

Data Storage, Equipment and Techniques:722.1 ; Computer Software, Data Handling and Applications:723

2-s2.0-85127928903

Scopus

1.Ohio State University,United States
2.Southern University of Science and Technology,China

Zhang，Rui,Bond，Michael D.,Zhang，Yinqian. Cape: Compiler-Aided Program Transformation forHTM-Based Cache Side-Channel Defense[C]. 1601 Broadway, 10th Floor, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES:ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY,2022:181-193.