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
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:
- Arrow Lake
- Core Gen 13 Raptor Lake
- Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake
- Xeon Scalable Gen3 and newer through Xeon 6 Sierra Forest / Granite Rapids
- Xeon D-17xx / Xeon D-27xx
threaded - newest
What is Intel Microcode anyway? Been bugging me for ages seeing it reported for violating vrms.
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.
wiki.debian.org/Microcode#CPU_Microcode
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