arXiv:2607.15469cs.CRcs.AI2026-07

通过5G物理层信号反推联邦学习模型架构,实现无需解密的隐蔽攻击。

FLINT: Fingerprinting Federated Learning Architectures from 5G PHY-Layer Side Channels

论文配图:FLINT: Fingerprinting Federated Learning Architectures from 5G PHY-Layer Side Channels
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  • 利用5G下行控制信道调度信息,还原用户设备与模型行为关联
  • 在真实5G测试床中实现0.930的宏平均F1分数,准确识别CNN/RNN/Transformer
  • 适用于能监听底层协议的攻击者,揭示联邦学习安全盲区

在5G蜂窝网络上的联邦学习(FL)虽保护原始数据,但仍面临侧信道泄露风险。以往指纹攻击依赖包级网络可见性,但5G物理层用户载荷加密且无线网络临时标识符(RNTI)动态变化,使该假设失效。本文发现,广播于物理下行控制信道(PDCCH)的物理层调度元数据保留了与模型架构相关的时序特征。我们提出FLINT——一种仅需粗粒度物理层观测的黑盒指纹框架,可推断包括卷积神经网络(CNN)、循环神经网络(RNN)和变换器(Transformer)在内的模型架构类别。FLINT通过解析PDCCH调度信息、将变动的RNTI映射至物理用户设备,并采用多视角时序建模区分不同架构的训练行为,从而实现指纹识别。该泄露具有严重安全威胁:掌握客户端模型架构可将被动侦察转化为定向攻击。在基于srsRAN的真实5G测试床上的大量实验表明,FLINT在架构族分类任务中达到0.930的宏观F1分数。据我们所知,FLINT是首个利用可被任何协议感知攻击者获取的5G底层侧信道信息,对人工智能/机器学习模型架构进行指纹识别的工作。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Federated Learning (FL) over 5G cellular networks protects raw data but remains vulnerable to side-channel leakage. Prior fingerprinting attacks assume packet-level network visibility, an assumption that does not hold at the 5G Physical (PHY) layer, where user payloads are encrypted and Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (RNTIs) may change over time. However, we demonstrate that PHY-layer scheduling metadata broadcast over the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) preserves architecture-associated temporal patterns. We introduce FLINT, a novel black-box fingerprinting framework that infers FL model architecture families, including CNNs, RNNs, and Transformers, using only coarse PHY-layer observations. FLINT overcomes the lack of network-layer visibility by decoding PDCCH scheduling information, mapping changing RNTIs to physical user devices, and applying multi-view temporal modeling to distinguish architecture-specific training behavior. This leakage is security-critical because knowledge of a client's model architecture can transform passive reconnaissance into targeted downstream exploitation. Extensive experiments on an over-the-air srsRAN-based 5G testbed demonstrate that FLINT achieves a macro F1-score of 0.930 for architecture-family classification. To our knowledge, FLINT is the first work to fingerprint AI/ML model architectures using lower-layer 5G side-channel information obtainable by any protocol-aware adversary.

联邦学习侧信道攻击5G安全模型指纹

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