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> I think an example is something like opcodes crossing I-cache lines

Consider also a 16-bit aligned 32-bit instruction crossing a page boundary, potentially with different access permissions. This type of bug allowed userspace applications to hang early Cortex-A8 based phones(ARM errata 657417).



See also: Intel SKX102, whose documentation has nice diagrams.




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