AMD addresses Sinkclose vulnerability but older processors left unattended
(www.csoonline.com)
from BrikoX@lemmy.zip to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 13 Aug 2024 08:29
https://lemmy.zip/post/20830374
from BrikoX@lemmy.zip to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 13 Aug 2024 08:29
https://lemmy.zip/post/20830374
The company has decided not to extend these updates to its Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 series processors or its Threadripper 1000 and 2000 models.
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Safe to assume that these patches will be provided via operating system updates? Patch to the kernel for Linux users? I see bajillion articles when I look up sinkclose, but nothing about the patch method.
Patch method is BIOS via OEMs. www.amd.com/en/resources/…/amd-sb-7014.html
Thanks 🙏🏻
Well, I’m still using a Ryzen 3000 chip. Maybe I should go Intel next time. Oh wait, those are currently corroding from the inside. Guess I’ll just stop using computers.
To be fair it’s now 3 gens old but I do feel the sentiment
AMD should patch whatever is still in widespread use, including the 3xxx series. It’s not that old.
Yes
This is not a bug that affects consumers. plenty of hardware has firmware vulnerabilities like this, including ssds, the groups who care about this are the ones who have security as a top priority.
Are the newer ones any better? I’m not replacing my CPU, mobo, and ram for like a 25% improvement
Even the low end cpus in the new 9000 series put my 5950X to shame
www.phoronix.com/review/ryzen-9600x-9700x/3
Many pages of benchmarks here, keen to see what the 9950x can do
I still love my 3000 series. Nice speed, low heat, good price. I’ll probably upgrade my gpu again before replacing it. What a good little workhorse.
Afaik you need kernel access to use this vulnerability. It still sucks, but having malware with kernel access sucks either way. So lets just hope that our favorite kernel anti-cheats never get compromised.
I am hopeful that some further work on RISC-V gets some more competition in the space.