On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Allen Briggs wrote:

> >  Forwared from a Linux group, are we vulnerable as well? See attached
> > source code.
> 
> I haven't tried it, but I assume that I'd get an illegal instruction,
> seg fault, or no effect on my mac68k boxes.  The code, as mentioned in
> the message, affects all Pentium-based systems, regardless of OS.  The
> instruction is apparently a user-mode instruction that fully locks the
> CPU up.  There is no easy way around it except for the processor to be
> fixed.
> 

	I tried it both on my Mac and on a Sparc server, where it just
gave a seg fault on both.

	- Ryan

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