25 years, SMM was born on 386SL in 1990 but it gets worse, every processor from PPro (1995) on to sandy bridge has a gaping security hole reported (convenientl

25 years, SMM was born on 386SL in 1990 but it gets worse, every processor from PPro (1995) on to sandy bridge has a gaping security hole reported (conveniently only AFTER Intel patched it 2 generations ago) by a guy working for Battelle Memorial Institute, known CIA front and black budget sink https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-15/materials/us-15-Domas-The-Memory-Sinkhole-Unleashing-An-x86-Design-Flaw-Allowing-Universal-Privilege-Escalation-wp.pdf https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-15/materials/us-15-Domas-Th... surprisingly good writeup: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/11/memory_hole_roots_intel_processors/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/11/memory_hole_roots_in... list of CIA fronts: http://www.jar2.com/2/Intel/CIA/CIA%20Fronts.htm http://www.jar2.com/2/Intel/CIA/CIA%20Fronts.htm battelle is on it