On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:52:04 -0000 "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:> -------- > In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1503092248580.38285 at woozle.rinet.ru>, Dmitry Moro > zo > vsky writes: > >Dear colleagues, > > > >any thoughts we're vulnerable to this? > > It's a hardware problem, *everybody* are vulnerable.I guess manufacturer memory testing hasn't kept up to deal with shrinking geometries.... Hopefully ECC memory protects against such exploits (at least makes them a lot less vulnerable).
-------- In message <20150309202308.64DFBB82A at mail.bitblocks.com>, Bakul Shah writes:>On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:52:04 -0000 "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:>Hopefully ECC memory protects against such exploits (at least >makes them a lot less vulnerable).ECC only makes it harder, it doesn't make it impossible. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk at FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.