Re: [CAN-2005-0204]: AMD64, allows local users to write to privileged IO ports via OUTS instruction

From: Chris Wright
Date: Mon Feb 28 2005 - 17:23:31 EST


* micah milano (micaho@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> CAN-2005-0204 reads:

[snip]

> This apparantly only affects AMD64 and EM64T.

It also does not effect mainstream kernels. IIRC, it turns out to be
a problem introduced with 4G/4G patch which is not in mainline.

thanks,
-chris
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