[PATCH] fix potential smm security hole

[Stefan Reinauer]

This patch resulted from a security review of coreboot's SMM handler.
Feedback appreciated.

Regards,
Stefan

[Joseph Smith]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:47:12 +0200, Stefan Reinauer
 wrote:
> This patch resulted from a security review of coreboot's SMM handler.
> Feedback appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Stefan

Hello Stefan,
I thought the SMM Handler already lived at 0xa0000 instead of TSEG or HSEG.
I don't really understand where the security hole is?
Can you explain a little more in depth?

[Patrick Georgi]

Am 29.07.2010 17:47, schrieb Stefan Reinauer:
> This patch resulted from a security review of coreboot's SMM handler.
> Feedback appreciated.

Nice patch!

Acked-by: Patrick Georgi