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Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 10:10:36AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>Barry K. Nathan wrote: >> >>>On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 07:51:20AM +0200, Gabor MICSKO wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Is this flaw affects the current stable Linux kernels? Workaround? >>>>Patch? >> >>Simple. Just boot a uniprocessor kernel, and/or disable HT in BIOS. >> >> >> >>>Some pages with relevant information: >>>http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0403.2/0920.html >>>http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2317 >> >>These pages have zero information on the "flaw." In fact, I can see no >>information at all proving that there is even a problem here. >> >>Classic "I found a problem, but I'm keeping the info a secret" security >>crapola. > > > FYI: > http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/ Already read it. This link provides no more information than either of the above links provide. > I don't much agree with Colin about the severity of the problem, but > I've read his paper, which should be generally available later today. > It's definitely a legitimate issue. We'll see... As of this moment, there continues to be _zero_ information proving that a problem exists. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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