ViKernel v0.4 blocks 290 backdoor attacks via GPU circuits within model weights
·2026.11.02 22:02
Key point
ViKernel v0.4 transplanted CPU, NPU, GPU, RAM, and ROM circuits into the Meta Muse Glimmer 30B model weights as a sidecar layer, effectively blocking agent security threats.
Details
- ViKernel v0.4 transplanted CPU, NPU, GPU, RAM, and ROM circuits into the Meta Muse Glimmer 30B model as a sidecar layer, effectively blocking agent security threats.
- A speculative decoding-like technique reduced kernel execution time by 130 times, but a limitation exists where raw throughput is approximately 1 trillion times slower than actual GPU performance.
- In backdoor reproduction tests, 290 attack commands were blocked with 100% accuracy, while 81 normal outputs were blocked due to demo policy (read-only) restrictions.
- Performance maintenance was verified with no changes to the original model weights, maintaining a perplexity of 8.583185 and a score of 100/100 on the 100-item ARC benchmark.
Technical Composition and Performance
- The GPU unit consists of 44 layers with 4.63B parameters, achieving reference interpreter and token-level consistency across 34 executions of 17 kernel types.
- Applying the speculative decoding technique achieved a 210x acceleration in inner product operations and a 223x acceleration in 4x4 matrix multiplication.
- No performance degradation was confirmed, with zero changes in perplexity and top-token outputs between the original and transplanted models.
Security Verification and Limitations
- During backdoor attack reproduction, 0 attack commands were detected in general inputs, while all 290 attack commands via the gate were blocked.
- An error occurred where 81 normal write commands were blocked because the demo policy was set to read-only.
- Designing real-service policies and defending against subtle attacks within permitted actions were identified as remaining tasks.
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