Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:29:44 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [patch 04/09] x86_64: avoid SMP boot up race |
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* Horms (horms@verge.net.au) wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone could comment on if this could > be conceived as a security bug. My initial instinct was > yes, but on further considertation I can't conceive > a way it could be exploited, well not by anyone > who couldn't DoS the box in any number of other ways, > including shutting it down.
That code is run early during boot up when bringing online a cpu. If you can control this, you own the box. - 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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