From the reddit netsec discussion, it seems like this is a mildly interesting compiler quirk with no obvious real-life consequence, as the steps required for exploitation could be better (and with less effort) applied to directly attack kernel data structures instead...?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;netsec&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3jlipz&#x2F;wx_policy_violation_affecting_all_windows_drivers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;netsec&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3jlipz&#x2F;wx_policy_vi...</a>