Fundamentally Understanding and Solving RowHammer

2022/11/14 by Onur Mutlu, Ataberk Olgun, A. Giray Yağlıkçı · 2 voices · 48 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Computer hardware #Computer science #Computer security #Dram #Dynamic random-access memory #Electrical engineering #Engineering #Overhead (engineering) #Phenomenon #Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security #Radiation Effects in Electronics #Security and Verification in Computing #Semiconductor memory #Vulnerability (computing)

paper · pdf · doi:10.1145/3566097.3568350

openalex publication_date 2023/01/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We provide an overview of recent developments and future directions in the RowHammer vulnerability that plagues modern DRAM (Dynamic Random Memory Access) chips, which are used in almost all computing systems as main memory.

Cited by

• Cleaning up the Mess: Re-Evaluating the Real-System Modeling Accuracy of Ramulator 2.0
• ColumnDisturb: Understanding Column-based Read Disturbance in Real DRAM Chips and Implications for Future Systems
• Demystifying DRAM Read Disturbance: Bridging the Gap Between Experimental Characterization and Device-Level Modeling of RowHammer and RowPress Phenomena
• Targeted Wearout Attacks in Microprocessor Cores
• Schrodinger's Toolbox: Exploring the Quantum Rowhammer Attack
• PuDHammer: Experimental Analysis of Read Disturbance Effects of Processing-using-DRAM in Real DRAM Chips
• Memory-Centric Computing: Solving Computing's Memory Problem
• A Modern Large-Scale Memory Characterization Laboratory
• ScaleDisturb: Exploiting Temporal Asymmetry to Amplify Read Disturbance in Modern DRAM Chips
• RRAM-based gradient-aware victim row monitoring circuit for mitigating Rowhammer attacks

Discussions

• Fundamentally Understanding and Solving RowHammer [hn, 52 points, 49 comments]
• Fundamentally Understanding and Solving RowHammer [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

Related

• RowHammer and Beyond
• RowHammer: A Retrospective
• Exploring the Horizon: A Comprehensive Survey of Rowhammer
• Revisiting RowHammer: An Experimental Analysis of Modern DRAM Devices and Mitigation Techniques
• The RowHammer Problem and Other Issues We May Face as Memory Becomes Denser