captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIntel Linux Patch Would Report Outdated CPU Microcode As A Security Vulnerabilitywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down12
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minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-22 years agoI mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoIt sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
minus-squarenanook@friendica.eskimo.comBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years ago@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoThe article does specify that it would report if the newest version of the firmware for the CPU family is not installed, so it doesn’t seem like this is that particular kind of BS.
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I mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
It sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.
The article does specify that it would report if the newest version of the firmware for the CPU family is not installed, so it doesn’t seem like this is that particular kind of BS.