The Discovery of Zenbleed ft. Tavis Ormandy

How did Tavis Ormandy fuzz CPUs to discover Zenbleed? In this video we learn about the techniques to make this work!

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This video is sponsored by Google: https://security.googleblog.com/2023/08/downfall-and-zenbleed-googlers-helping.html

Original Zenbleed Writeup: https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html

AMD Security Bulletin: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7008.html
Tavis Ormandy: https://twitter.com/taviso
Sudoedit Exploit Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhixgUqwRTjy0gMuT4C3bmjeZjuNQyqdx
Documented Intel Performance Counters: https://perfmon-events.intel.com/skylake_server.html
RIDL Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_R1DeZxGc0

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Zenbleed Proof of Concept
03:06 - Tavis Ormandy
04:18 - How Fuzzing Works
06:31 - CPU Performance Counters …

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