NeuroHammer: Inducing Bit-Flips in Memristive Crossbar Memories release_zs7jw4aysnfpzcoyfwpvp4uxcy

by Felix Staudigl, Hazem Al Indari, Daniel Schön, Dominik Sisejkovic, Farhad Merchant, Jan Moritz Joseph, Vikas Rana, Stephan Menzel, Rainer Leupers

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Emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies offer unique advantages in energy efficiency, latency, and features such as computing-in-memory. Consequently, emerging NVM technologies are considered an ideal substrate for computation and storage in future-generation neuromorphic platforms. These technologies need to be evaluated for fundamental reliability and security issues. In this paper, we present NeuroHammer, a security threat in ReRAM crossbars caused by thermal crosstalk between memory cells. We demonstrate that bit-flips can be deliberately induced in ReRAM devices in a crossbar by systematically writing adjacent memory cells. A simulation flow is developed to evaluate NeuroHammer and the impact of physical parameters on the effectiveness of the attack. Finally, we discuss the security implications in the context of possible attack scenarios.
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