Comment on ‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
Drathro@dormi.zone 1 month agoDifficult to exploit, already in the process of being patched. Truly, the most breaking of news.
Comment on ‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
Drathro@dormi.zone 1 month agoDifficult to exploit, already in the process of being patched. Truly, the most breaking of news.
httperror418@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How does the patch actually get delivered? Via windows update or using something else?
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Most likely. Windows update (or the Linux equivalent on your platform) will download updated microcode to load at boot time to basically be a software patch for hardware issues. At least, that’s how it was explained when the original speculative execution flaw was discovered and Intel was releasing foxes and shit for it.
amanda@aggregatet.org 1 month ago
I realise this is an autocorrect error, but it’s still funny 🦊
Drathro@dormi.zone 1 month ago
On windows the article mentioned being a microcode patch via Windows update. Linux would be similar- but via a kernel update most likely. I’d assume that a general BIOS update would also do the trick, but then you’re relying on motherboard vendors and it’s unlikely many would provide such an update to older hardware, even if it’s still widely used.