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Theo de Raadt Details Intel Core 2 Bugs
Eukariote writes "Recently, Intel patched bugs in its Core 2 processors. Details were scarce; soothing words were spoken to the effect that a BIOS update is all that is required. OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has now provided more details and analysis on outstanding, fixed, and non-fixable Core 2 bugs. Some choice quotes: 'Some of these bugs... will *ASSUREDLY* be exploitable from userland code... Some of these are things that cannot be fixed in running code, and some are things that every operating system will do until about mid-2008.'"
There seem to be intentional modifications in there. Could that be a backdoor and a good reason for countries like China to develop their own CPUs?
is this news! almost all Intel CPU's have microcode releases why is this any different?
Do you seriously think they code the ENTIRE chip in VHDL? Get real.
Stop spitting out acronyms you don't know much about.
I was hoping for a bit better from an accomplished programmer.
Where is the user space code that hits these bugs?
Where are the detailed descriptions?
I don't think this particular firebrand could use any of the bugs, on an completely unpatched processor, to get his way into ring0.
I doubt he could even hang the machine
Without code, this is just sour grapes over his other issues with documentation from intel.
What a load of old crap Intel has become. First, they brought out the P4 Prescott. I bought one, because it was the new thing. Prescotts turned out to be utter shit. They run as hot as the depths of hell, and aren't particularly fast. So when the Core 2 Duo came out, I eagerly upgraded. And now, it turns out that this seris can't even get basic CPU functions right.
In future, I am only buying PIII chips and earlier. Anything newer than that will have to be from one of Intel's competitors.