Intel CPU Microcode Updates Released For Six High Severity Vulnerabilities (www.phoronix.com)
from KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 12 Aug 18:03
https://lemmy.ml/post/34564327

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34564216

Impacted CPUs:

  1. Arrow Lake
  2. Core Gen 13 Raptor Lake
  3. Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake
  4. Xeon Scalable Gen3 and newer through Xeon 6 Sierra Forest / Granite Rapids
  5. Xeon D-17xx / Xeon D-27xx

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oeuf@slrpnk.net on 12 Aug 21:01 next collapse

What is Intel Microcode anyway? Been bugging me for ages seeing it reported for violating vrms.

neclimdul@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 22:25 next collapse

Simply put, modern processors aren’t just converting instructions directly into transistors, they actually have code that controls how they operate. That’s the microcode.

KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml on 13 Aug 01:26 collapse
LeFantome@programming.dev on 14 Aug 15:50 collapse

If you want to scan for vulnerable systems online, here is a list of operating systems that will not be applying these “privilege escalation” fixes.

www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html