Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:37:58 -0700 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-12:04.sysret Message-ID: <20120613223758.GA72817@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <201206121326.q5CDQXca078536@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201206121326.q5CDQXca078536@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 01:26:33PM +0000, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote: > IV. Workaround > > No workaround is available. > > However FreeBSD/amd64 running on AMD CPUs is not vulnerable to this > particular problem. > > Systems with 64 bit capable CPUs, but running the 32 bit FreeBSD/i386 > kernel are not vulnerable, nor are systems running on different > processor architectures. I found these last two paragraphs a little confusing. Is the correct interpretation that FreeBSD/amd64 running on Intel CPUs is the vulnerable combination? -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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