captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.decake to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 days agoIntel Linux Patch Would Report Outdated CPU Microcode As A Security Vulnerabilitywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down12
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkIntel Linux Patch Would Report Outdated CPU Microcode As A Security Vulnerabilitywww.phoronix.comcaptainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.decake to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·6 days agoThe real thing is: can you update the microcode of older CPUs? If not then it’s a marketing strategy.
minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 days agoIt sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
minus-squareundefined@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-26 days agoI mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
minus-squarenanook@friendica.eskimo.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days ago@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.
The real thing is: can you update the microcode of older CPUs? If not then it’s a marketing strategy.
It sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
I mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.