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AMD: brief statement on Spectre/Windows Update issue
Earlier today we already posted news that some AMD platforms have issues with the new Microsoft Spectre and Meltdown patches. Some end-users ended up into systems not booting after Microsoft applied the patch.
AMD just send out a small statement on that, I'll just post that as -is:
-- AMD --
AMD is aware of an issue with some older generation processors following installation of a Microsoft security update that was published over the weekend. AMD and Microsoft have been working on an update to resolve the issue and expect it to begin rolling out again for these impacted shortly. Also, we wanted to make it clear this patch is to address GPZ Variant 1 (one of the variants of Spectre) and not GPZ Variant 3 (Meltdown).
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#5509067 Posted on: 01/09/2018 09:25 PM
Wasn't the update patching the Spectre variant 2, aka branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715)?
They ignore how their CPU are built (dispatching wrong technical information to Microsoft) and they ignore what are the issues too.
Oh it's AMD PR marketing, never mind...
Also, we wanted to make it clear this patch is to address GPZ Variant 1 (one of the variants of Spectre) and not GPZ Variant 3 (Meltdown).
Wasn't the update patching the Spectre variant 2, aka branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715)?
They ignore how their CPU are built (dispatching wrong technical information to Microsoft) and they ignore what are the issues too.
Oh it's AMD PR marketing, never mind...
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#5509071 Posted on: 01/09/2018 09:40 PM
The more I read about these security flaws the more I want to change to Ryzen.
The more I read about these security flaws the more I want to change to Ryzen.
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#5509079 Posted on: 01/09/2018 09:54 PM
Every device has some form of vulnerabilities. It's just a matter of time when it's unveiled.
The more I read about these security flaws the more I want to change to Ryzen.
Every device has some form of vulnerabilities. It's just a matter of time when it's unveiled.
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#5509080 Posted on: 01/09/2018 10:00 PM
So, how will these users receive and apply the patch on non-booting systems?
Some end-users ended up into systems not booting
So, how will these users receive and apply the patch on non-booting systems?
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Well what is new here, AMD gets always fuc**d even when they did nothing wrong