Well Slackware 4.0 and Slackware 7.0 kernels report f00f bug workaround
enabled when they boot. Don't know about Microsoft systems. But I think
Linux is safe in current kernels.
----- Original Message -----
From: "linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Abhijit Bhatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:40 PM
Subject: [LIH] intel bug
> There is a SERIOUS bug in all pentium CPUs. The following
> code will crash any machine running on a pentium CPU, MMX or no
> MMX, any speed, regardless of OS (crash as in instant seize, hard
> reboot the only cure):
>
> char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
>
> main ()
> {
> void (*f)() = x;
> f();
> }
>
> This require no special permissions to run, it works fine with
> average-joe-userspace permissions. I have verified this, it works.
> Demand a new CPU from Intel.
>
>
>
>
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> visit my web site: www.pes.edu/~shyams/
>
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