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

[Sebastian Krahmer]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Gadi Evron wrote:

Fun indeed :-) #AI88 is what all the honeypots should
fear ;-)

l8er,
S.

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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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