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On 06/28/2007 11:27 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> But the problem is very obscure and you can likely ignore it too. If your 
> machine crashes it's very likely something else.

What about deliberate exploits of these bugs from userspace? Theo thinks
they are possible...