On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 10:10:36AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Barry K. Nathan wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 07:51:20AM +0200, Gabor MICSKO wrote:
Is this flaw affects the current stable Linux kernels? Workaround?
Patch?
Simple. Just boot a uniprocessor kernel, and/or disable HT in BIOS.
Some pages with relevant information:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0403.2/0920.html
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2317
These pages have zero information on the "flaw." In fact, I can see no information at all proving that there is even a problem here.
Classic "I found a problem, but I'm keeping the info a secret" security crapola.
FYI:
http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/
I don't much agree with Colin about the severity of the problem, but
I've read his paper, which should be generally available later today.
It's definitely a legitimate issue.