Lanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEncryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fixarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1322arrow-down1external-linkEncryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fixarstechnica.comLanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square84fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareevatronic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoIt’s worth noting these are the firmware / microcode fixes. There’s already a software solution available, There is a software workaround, you can set the chicken bit DE_CFG[9]. This may have some performance cost, and the microcode update is preferred. source: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/24/3 AMD has also already released a fix for the big boy - the EPYC processor.
It’s worth noting these are the firmware / microcode fixes.
There’s already a software solution available,
AMD has also already released a fix for the big boy - the EPYC processor.