Switch-Glitch: Location of Fault Injection Sweet Spots by Electro-Magnetic Emanation

Matthias Probst, Michael Gruber, Manuel Brosch, Tim Music, Georg Sigl

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Abstract

While several approaches exist to locate spatial coordinates on a chip that are susceptible to Side-Channel Analysis (SCA), e.g., Test Vector Leakage Assessment (TVLA), so far, an equivalent for localized Electro-Magnetic (EM) based Fault Injection Analysis (FIA) is missing. This work analyzes the spatial relationship between EM emanation and Electro-Magnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) susceptibility and effect. Our experiments are based on a two-step approach where we first capture a heatmap based on a single trace per location, which is then used to find promising spatial EMFI positions. We chose an STM32F303 microcontroller, which shows that the injection locations that result in data modification are almost entirely contained within areas of high Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). An EMFI based attack can be accelerated up significantly using this relationship.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2024 Workshop on Fault Detection and Tolerance in Cryptography, FDTC 2024
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages22-27
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350380361
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event21st Workshop on Fault Detection and Tolerance in Cryptography, FDTC 2024 - Halifax, Canada
Duration: 4 Sep 2024 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2024 Workshop on Fault Detection and Tolerance in Cryptography, FDTC 2024

Conference

Conference21st Workshop on Fault Detection and Tolerance in Cryptography, FDTC 2024
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityHalifax
Period4/09/24 → …

Keywords

  • Fault Injection Analysis
  • Probe Positioning
  • Side-Channel Analysis

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