Source: oss4 Version: 4.2-build2006-2 Severity: grave The functions oss_fp_check(), oss_fp_save() and oss_fp_restore() manipulate control registers without disabling preemption. This can result in corrupting the FPU state of other tasks, hence the high severity.
They should be changed to use the API declared in <asm/i387.h>. Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: amd64 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
