Re: New format Intel microcode...

[Bill Davidsen]

Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On 06/28/2007 11:27 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But the problem is very obscure and you can likely ignore it too. If your 
> > machine crashes it's very likely something else.
>
> What about deliberate exploits of these bugs from userspace? Theo thinks
> they are possible...
Do you have any details? One of the folks in a chat was saying something 
similar, but thought that causing as crash was the extent of it, rather 
than any access violation. Obviously I don't know the extent of that 
claim, so more information would be good.

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