Comment on ‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

• 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.

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  • amanda@aggregatet.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    and Intel was releasing foxes and shit

    I realise this is an autocorrect error, but it’s still funny 🦊

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• 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.

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