Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:41:07 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>, <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Downfall microcode update Message-ID: <189d93e0238.2805.fa4b1493b064008fe79f0f905b8e5741@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <E2A96C20-6F5D-42B0-A16D-BF70CBB6B99B@lassitu.de> References: <E2A96C20-6F5D-42B0-A16D-BF70CBB6B99B@lassitu.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi, The real microcode is in sysutils/devcpu-data-intel and updated much more recently. You can load the microcode from loader, or from a rc.d service. Bye, Alexander. -- Send from a mobile device, please forgive brevity and misspellings. Am 9. August 2023 09:33:06 schrieb Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>: > https://downfall.page/#faq > > Apparently, Intel will be issuing a microcode update for this. What is the > recommended way to automatically apply these during boot? I see that I have > cpupdate-g20180513_4 installed, which appears to be maintained despite the > scarily old date in the version number :-) > https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/cpupdate/ > > The servers I'm concerned about are old enough to not receive BIOS updates > ever again. > > > Thanks, > Stefan > > -- > Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">; <html> <body> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="auto">Hi, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The real microcode is in sysutils/devcpu-data-intel and updated much more recently. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You can load the microcode from loader, or from a rc.d service. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bye, </div><div dir="auto">Alexander. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="aqm-signature" dir="auto" style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">-- </div><div dir="auto">Send from a mobile device, please forgive brevity and misspellings.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div> <div id="aqm-original" style="color: black;"> <div dir="auto">Am 9. August 2023 09:33:06 schrieb Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.75ex; border-left: 1px solid #808080; padding-left: 0.75ex;"> <div dir="auto">https://downfall.page/#faq</div>; <div dir="auto"><br></div> <div dir="auto">Apparently, Intel will be issuing a microcode update for this. What is the recommended way to automatically apply these during boot? I see that I have cpupdate-g20180513_4 installed, which appears to be maintained despite the scarily old date in the version number :-) https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/cpupdate/</div>; <div dir="auto"><br></div> <div dir="auto">The servers I'm concerned about are old enough to not receive BIOS updates ever again.</div> <div dir="auto"><br></div> <div dir="auto"><br></div> <div dir="auto">Thanks,</div> <div dir="auto">Stefan</div> <div dir="auto"><br></div> <div dir="auto">--</div> <div dir="auto">Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811</div> </blockquote> </div><div dir="auto"><br></div> </div></body> </html>help
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