Intel Pentium Bug on System V

From: AnthonyX Eufemio (AnthonyX_Eufemioat_private)
Date: Fri Nov 21 1997 - 13:17:00 PST

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    In order for the exploit to work on most SystemV systems running on P5
x86 you have to do a sync system call first then execute the lock code.
I have tested it on SCO UnixWare 1.x, 2.x, and SCO OpenServer 5.x and it
will NOT work if you don't do a sync syscall first.

Patches are available in kernel loadable module format from the vendor.

Regards,
A E

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Anthony Eufemio
UNIX Systems Engineer
Intel Corporation
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