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CVE-2017-13218 concerns exposure of the ARM virtual count register CNTVCT_EL0 on affected Qualcomm Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear platforms. According to the provided content, access to CNTVCT_EL0 gives local code access to a high-precision timer that can be used to improve the reliability of microarchitectural side-channel attacks. The issue does not itself grant code execution or elevated privileges; rather, it provides precise timing needed to observe subtle execution and cache effects and thereby facilitate attacks such as speculative-execution side channels on ARM processors. Google/Android describes the corresponding fix as reducing access to high-precision timers in the 2018-01-05 Security Patch Level.
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An Android-specific mitigation-related CVE covering timing mitigation for ARM processors in the 2018-01-05 Security Patch Level.
An Android vulnerability/update referenced as a mitigation measure that reduces access to high-precision timers to help limit side-channel attacks related to Spectre and Meltdown variants.
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