nzmaa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infectionswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down136cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.orgpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-link‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infectionswww.wired.comnzmaa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.orgpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squareRayspekt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoSo what do I exactly need to do if I have ine if the affected CPUs? What specifically do I need to patch?
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoI’m not an expert, but reading the posts here the answer seems to be “nothing.” The only people affected by this already know how to prevent it.
minus-squareVik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoYou’ll want to upgrade your system BIOS when your board vendor makes this fix available.
minus-squareFangedWyvern42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months agoNothing. It sounds like it only affects a very small number of people, but the general public has no need to worry.
So what do I exactly need to do if I have ine if the affected CPUs? What specifically do I need to patch?
I’m not an expert, but reading the posts here the answer seems to be “nothing.” The only people affected by this already know how to prevent it.
You’ll want to upgrade your system BIOS when your board vendor makes this fix available.
Nothing. It sounds like it only affects a very small number of people, but the general public has no need to worry.