'You can now jailbreak your AMD CPU' — Google researchers release kit to exploit microcode vulnerability in Ryzen Zen 1 to Zen 4 chips
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/you-can-now-jailbreak-your-amd-cpu-google-researchers-release-kit-to-exploit-microcode-vulnerability-in-zen-1-to-zen-4-chips
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Gronk@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Ace0fBlades@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Yeoch, another security vulnerability to worry about. Apparently a bios update has already been released you can install to fix it.
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Interesting choice of words; "jailbreaking" is something the user does to advantageously overcome limitations placed on a device by its manufacturer. What does jailbreaking my CPU allow me to do? Turn it into a brick if I'm not careful. Potentially turn it into a different CPU? (Shades of Crusoe.) Change its identification numbers?
LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
The universe with no dmca