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dzdttoday at 2:55 PM2 repliesview on HN

So on an affected system, ring 0 root has access to pretty much everything that was hidden in negative ring territory. The page is pretty quiet about what other processor families might be similar beyond this specific AMD16h (an older AMD low-power family)?


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embedding-shapetoday at 3:06 PM

As long as you know the controller's translation registers, it's applicable? Not tested on later one's merely because the information wasn't readily available it seems.

> Developed and tested on AMD Family 16h CPUs, the last generation whose datasheets document the DRAM controller's translation registers — and show that they can't be locked. 17h and beyond simply leave this information out.

m1eltoday at 3:26 PM

from the GH page: > Developed and tested on AMD Family 16h CPUs, the last generation whose datasheets document the DRAM controller's translation registers — and show that they can't be locked. 17h and beyond simply leave this information out.