Re: New Kernel Crash-Exploit discovered

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On Tuesday 15 June 2004 08:25, Brian Hirt wrote:
> the patch quoted in this message is different than the one linus  
> approved:
>
> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/
> gnupatch%4040cdf6f8V7sOe5n96HA5Q7r9uDRvJQ
>
>   #define clear_fpu( tsk ) do { \
>         if ( tsk->flags & PF_USEDFPU ) { \
> -               asm volatile("fwait"); \
> +               asm volatile("fnclex ; fwait"); \
>                 tsk->flags &= ~PF_USEDFPU; \
>                 stts(); \
>         } \

And ^ is the patch that Dave Jones offered up to us and we're using in 
our package.

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