[Code-Crunchers] Fwd: [funsec] Description of the Intel CPU bugs

[Gadi Evron]

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From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms at computerbytesman.com>
To: funsec at linuxbox.org
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:33:09 -0400
Subject: [funsec] Description of the Intel CPU bugs

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Subject:     <http://marc.info/?t=118296457100003&r=1&w=2> Intel Core 2
From:        <http://marc.info/?a=90366097200024&r=1&w=2> Theo de Raadt
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Date:        <http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&r=1&w=2&b=200706> 2007-06-27
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Various developers are busy implimenting workarounds for serious bugs
in Intel's Core 2 cpu.

These processors are buggy as hell, and some of these bugs don't just
cause development/debugging problems, but will *ASSUREDLY* be
exploitable from userland code.

As is typical, BIOS vendors will be very late providing workarounds /
fixes for these processors bugs.  Some bugs are unfixable and cannot
be worked around.  Intel only provides detailed fixes to BIOS vendors
and large operating system groups.  Open Source operating systems are
largely left in the cold.

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