Re: [PATCH] Re: SSE related security hole

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:13:42 +0200


Hi!

> > Basically they should only deal with the
> > other operative systems now.
>
> Yeah. And since the security hole is fairly small and insignificant in
> comparison to some others, I suspect that the main "other operating
> system" just won't care one way or the other.

*If* the other system uses fpu unit for memcpy, well, it may get
pretty big and significant.
Pavel

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(about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly.  However, I really think that the U.S.
no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa
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