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AMD addresses Sinkclose vulnerability but older processors left unattended (www.csoonline.com)

submitted 3 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

AMD should patch whatever is still in widespread use, including the 3xxx series. It's not that old.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Yes

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 3 months ago

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.