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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:24:30 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:16:47AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Right, maybe I'm missing something but what is wrong with the immediate
> addressing variant, i.e., that thing:
> 
> 	testb  $0x8,0xffffffff89346eea
> 
> and you need to *force* %rip-relative?

To answer my own question after peterz asked: that hardcoded address
won't work with KASLR, ofc.

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