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ps2devman



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:44 am    Post subject: New hint... Reply with quote

Ferrox exploit's author released this tiny bit of info (in order to explain why some video, claiming a hack works on fw 1.80, is fake):

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Besides that, hypervisor priviledges were adjusted with 1.60 because of the ferrox POC to prevent something like this ever existing.


I got estonished since I thought HV had all priviledges...

Maybe EE can lock something and HV hasn't enough priviledges to unlock its way and thus remains stuck... Just an idea...
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Ps3Rips



Joined: 02 May 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I read it to mean

In lower firmwares a user could hijack a process and the PS3 would continue to spawn new processes, but in newer firmwares if a process has a lock the hypervisor will prevent any new processes from starting until that lock has been released.

(I'm guessing a similar thing to SQL when it has a lock - however SQL will choose a deadlock victim whereas hypervisor will just sit and wait it out. To prevent any code being run)
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StrontiumDog



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Forrox Author should have no credibility whatsoever. His stuff is the grandfather of all PS3 fakes. Nothing was adjusted to stop Ferrox working, because he never had anything working in the first place.

What nonsense crap he speaks now. HV privileges were adjusted in 1.6, what a bunch of crap. The HV runs at HV privilege. End of story.

Note: I am not in any way supporting the notion that the other stuff here being referred to is real.
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