> EGADS! Is there NO security on the processor microcode? Could this be
> exploited to do evil narsty things?
Yeah. #1 Exploit: Resurrect the F00F bug. #2 Exploit: Infamous Pentium
floating point bug. The list is endless.
> In a serious note (microcode viruses aside), I don't think that I or many
> other people even knew that Intel's microcode was changeable. I wonder
> what the security implications could be?
Can of worms here, I'm afraid.
> Does Linux protect the cpu at all in this instance?
Don't think so.
Cheers,
Alex
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