Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:22:04 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: Possible bug in arch/i386/kernel/process.c for reloading of debug registers (DRx)? |
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> What if DRx contains sensitive data? ...Its probably pretty > unlikely. Still it allows for example easy communication between tasks > that should not be able to communicate.
The user never sees the stale value, it is eaten by the kernel's do_debug handler.
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