The researchers discovered that AMD had been using a publicly available example key from NIST documentation since Zen 1, which allowed them to forge signatures and deploy arbitrary microcode modifications.
I wish these sorts of errors were not that common.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz
on 11 Mar 11:33
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The researchers discovered that AMD had been using a publicly available example key from NIST documentation since Zen 1,
Just like all the BIOSes that have turned out to be using keys called things like TEST ONLY - NOT FOR PRODUCTION, rendering Secure Boot not. I have a couple of computers like this.
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I wish these sorts of errors were not that common.
lol… sigh…
Just like all the BIOSes that have turned out to be using keys called things like TEST ONLY - NOT FOR PRODUCTION, rendering Secure Boot not. I have a couple of computers like this.