
Full Disclosure mailing list archives
Re: Apple’s A17 Pro Chip: Critical Flaw Causes Dual Subsystem Failure & Forensic Log Loss
From: Matthew Fernandez <matthew.fernandez () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 17:22:37 -0700
On 9/4/25 20:57, Joseph Goydish II via Fulldisclosure wrote:
TITLE: APPLE'S A17 PRO SILICON FLAW: SHARED I²C4 BUS BETWEEN SECURE ENCLAVE AND DIGITIZER CAUSES CASCADING SYSTEM FAILURE … CONCLUSION: This is a HIGH-SEVERITY HARDWARE DESIGN FLAW…
Can you elaborate on why you consider this high severity? From the description, it sounds as if this behaviour is fail-closed. That is, the effects are limited to DoS, with security properties preserved.
_______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
Current thread:
- Apple’s A17 Pro Chip: Critical Flaw Causes Dual Subsystem Failure & Forensic Log Loss Joseph Goydish II via Fulldisclosure (Sep 08)
- Re: Apple’s A17 Pro Chip: Critical Flaw Causes Dual Subsystem Failure & Forensic Log Loss Matthew Fernandez (Sep 10)