“Intel Core 2 bugs will assuredly be exploitable from userland code” (2007)

Re:“Intel Core 2 bugs will assuredly be exploitable from use... by GalacticDomin8r on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:59AM (#16078559)

They were more than general points. Please don't poo-poo this as some sort of horoscope doom and gloom post. He specifically pointed out the the issues addressed in the recent disclosures:

> It is not just buggy, but Intel has gone further and defined "new ways to handle page tables" (see page 58).

The MMU, page tables, and TLB are all directly related.

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Re:“Intel Core 2 bugs will assuredly be exploitable from use... by forapurpose on Friday January 05, 2018 @06:48PM (#16082804)

> Please don't poo-poo this as some sort of horoscope doom and gloom post

That wasn't my intent at all. de Raadt makes good, generally applicable points.

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