Re: Intel Pentium Bug on System V

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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, AnthonyX Eufemio wrote:

> 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.

I tried it on two different OpenServer 5.0.4 systems, and both locked
without doing a sync.
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