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1997 Nov 08
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pentium bug makes security under linux impossible
...ompiled that under Linux OS. Linux freezed. Dead.
Without *any* warning.
My machine is a Genuine Intel 166 MHZ Pentium MMX.
Then I rebooted Windows NT. Compiled it with my compiler system (lcc-win32).
Windows NT freezed. DEAD. Without *any* warning.
Then, I ported the code to my old faithful 486-DX33 with linux. Compiled it.
When it run it traps with ''illegal instruction''
This means that anybody can crash anytime any OS that runs under a Pentium CPU.
As the poster said, no special permissions are needed, the pentium runs under
ring 3 permissions!!!!
This means that no secure...