Meltdown and Spectre: As all directly involved Companies (Intel, AMD και άλλές) έχουν αρχίσει να διαθέτουν ενημερώσεις CPU που επηρεάζονται από τις ευπάθειες Meltdown και Spectre, οι κατασκευαστές OEM και motherboards, δεν μένουν αμέτοχοι και αρχίζουν να κυκλοφορούν τα updates BIOS/UEFI for the affected computers.
Although not all companies have patches for vulnerable products, most of them have promised updates in the coming months.
These BIOS / UEFI updates are part of the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities that appeared earlier this year.
Software patches at the operating system level have largely fixed Meltdown, but both the Microsoft and the Linux community stated that a firmware fix would be necessary to fully address the Specter vulnerability.
Those of you who are interested can use the following links (collected by bleepingcomputer) to visit the download centers of the company that has products and download the BIOS / UEFI updates if their computer uses a vulnerable CPU.
Acer | Available patches for desktop, notebook, and server products. Firmware updates for servers will be released in March. |
ASRock | By visiting “Latest BIOS Update” you will find all recent BIOS updates. |
ASUS | It will release BIOS updates at the end of January |
Dell | BIOS updates available for desktop, notebookAnd servers. |
Fujitsu | Some BIOS updates but not all |
Gigabyte | BIOS updates, just click on the order of your motherboard |
HP | BIOS updates for almost half of the company's products. |
Huawei | The company only displays the affected products, without updates. |
Intel | Intel updates for most NUC products, Compute Stick, and Compute Cards. |
Lenovo | Detailed tables and download links |
LG | Nothing at the moment |
Panasonic | February or March… patience. |
Microsoft | UEFI updates for the Surface |
MSI | BIOS updates |
Toshiba | Nothing at the moment |
Vaio | Some BIOS updates |