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CVE-2006-7215
critical
Description
The Intel Core 2 Extreme processor X6800 and Core 2 Duo desktop processor E6000 and E4000 incorrectly set the memory page Access (A) bit for a page in certain circumstances involving proximity of the code segment limit to the end of a code page, which has unknown impact and attack vectors on certain operating systems other than OpenBSD, aka AI90.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24702
http://www.matasano.com/log/894/theo-de-raadt-intel-core-2-bugs-assuredly-exploitable-from-userland/
http://www.geek.com/images/geeknews/2006Jan/core_duo_errata__2006_01_21__full.gif
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jun/0605.html
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=118296441702631&w=2
http://download.intel.com/design/processor/specupdt/31327914.pdf