Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:27:38 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downfall microcode update Message-ID: <6492527E-625A-416F-9681-09D8EF54C949@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <189d93e0238.2805.fa4b1493b064008fe79f0f905b8e5741@Leidinger.net> References: <E2A96C20-6F5D-42B0-A16D-BF70CBB6B99B@lassitu.de> <189d93e0238.2805.fa4b1493b064008fe79f0f905b8e5741@Leidinger.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Thank you! > Am 09.08.2023 um 09:41 schrieb Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>: > > 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 > -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEJ+hF98o4r3eU/HiPD885WK4W4sEFAmTTTfoACgkQD885WK4W 4sG0JAgAuyrdUVARGvA1GBX2kManaKwKa1Wv2uzQdAypXnt5rVnDvHRPSmcKfOCc 8v0vgpe6HODCwyUI+zykt/0+g5vWH7z8wAf7Ez0zIfjEO/9pnCkUCbA1pAXXcP9T TAjPGPRolKWoeM5xCOeiTL6gxIO/c9PyNIYMW7RNBTj33c6JJTEmYitfv2Asfw8+ TKcfg32qUXUEAzLwEEkPSX6wuxZ7HMytgkji55Ppe6ZNWKKu2JIbdtNWa3NodgSh Woj7ryzi2tCjogQKIiCsJCBRBFD1pTHPGIGE6dKVKC/F+dKFwWu4pXK3JPbHcln5 KspyWnh7drACbklKLcZCu55QcDglQw== =4Mua -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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