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It also is "unpredictable" what happens when you overrun a stack frame. There is zero guarantee that the infamous Sufficiently Sophisticated Attacker couldn't
by qb45 9y ago
It also is "unpredictable" what happens when you overrun a stack frame.
There is zero guarantee that the infamous Sufficiently Sophisticated Attacker couldn't predict it. Hardware is largely deterministic, even when it doesn't behave in the documented way. I wouldn't interpret this as literally unpredictable, it's just a generic slogan they always use in their errata. And they aren't going to say anything more for obvious reasons.
Patch this damn microcode.