At 08:57 PM 4/3/2003, Kamal R Prasad wrote:
>Hello,
>  if a null pointer access takes place (inside the kernel), the entire
>kernel memory is suspect.

It depends on the architecture.  PowerPC is difficult to protect due to
the need for exception code from 0x0100-0x2fff.  Most others do the right
thing.

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