TASPDetect: Reviving Trust in 3PIP By Detecting TASP Trojans

Authors

Chidhambaranathan Rajamanikkam, Utah State UniversityFollow
Kurt Brenning, Utah State UniversityFollow
Andrew Deakin, Utah State UniversityFollow
Sanghamitra Roy, Utah State UniversityFollow
Koushik Chakraborty, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volume

56

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Publication Date

2-1-2018

Funder

National Science Foundation

First Page

76

Last Page

83

Abstract

Trustworthiness is an emerging concern in the development of Multi-Processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) systems, which often include Third-Party Intellectual Property (3PIP) cores. Malicious hardware trojans in these 3PIP components can create a plethora of system vulnerabilities. In this paper, we explore an imminent threat that originates from a 3PIP core: architectural state preserving trojans (TASP). We illustrate that a malicious TASP can affect the performance of a core without altering its architectural state, thereby disrupting the availability of on-chip resources in a MPSoC system. We propose three complementary techniques to detect active TASPs in a 3PIP core with overheads of less than 5%.

Recommended Citation

Chidhambaranathan R , Kurt Brenning, Andrew Deakin, Sanghamitra Roy and Koushik Chakraborty, TASPDetect: Reviving Trust in 3PIP By Detecting TASP Trojans, Microprocessors and Microsystems (MICPRO), Volume 56, pp. 76-83, February 2018.