TheHolm@aussie.zone to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAMD won't patch all chips affected by severe data theft vulnerability — Ryzen 3000, 2000, and 1000 will not get patched for 'Sinkclose'www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkAMD won't patch all chips affected by severe data theft vulnerability — Ryzen 3000, 2000, and 1000 will not get patched for 'Sinkclose'www.tomshardware.comTheHolm@aussie.zone to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
Here we are - 3600 which was still under manufacture 2-3 years ago are not get patched. Shame on you AMD, if it is true.
minus-squarebruhduh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoBasically, reflash spi chips and it’ll be gone, and to be infected by that, person gotta have physical access to hardware he hacks, and physical access is root access as always has been
minus-squareTheHolm@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNope. You do not need physical access for it, just root access. and you HW is compromised with only means to recover it is SPI flashing of CPU.
Basically, reflash spi chips and it’ll be gone, and to be infected by that, person gotta have physical access to hardware he hacks, and physical access is root access as always has been
Nope. You do not need physical access for it, just root access. and you HW is compromised with only means to recover it is SPI flashing of CPU.