[OT] uncovering x86 hardware bugs and unknown instructions by fuzzing.

[Guillaume Chatelet via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 31 July 2017 at 23:51:57 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> On Monday, 31 July 2017 at 07:17:33 UTC, Guillaume Chatelet 
> wrote:
>> Some people here might find this interesting:
>> https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/sandsifter
>>
>> White paper here:
>> https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/sandsifter/blob/master/references/domas_breaking_the_x86_isa_wp.pdf
>
> This man is a superhero.
>
> See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0nh-TdpVg for in 
> hardware privilege escalation and 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUe0TUHOIc . We should 
> consider building a shrine for this guy.

I knew him for https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator - the 
program that turns every programs into a sequence of MOV 
instructions.

I'm only halfway through the first video. It's *super* 
interesting. Thx for sharing!