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AMDhas seemingly confirmed the existence of a microcode vulnerability which apparently spilled, unintentionally, from PC maker Asus.
This was quite strange, since at the time AMD had made no mention of any such vulnerability.
“I’m not thrilled about this.
The patch is not currently in linux-firmware, so this is the only publicly available patch.”
It works behind the scenes to help the processor understand and carry out more complicated commands.
After the community started asking questions, Asus edited the notes to remove mentioning AMDs microcode issue.
The company also suggested abusing the bug requires the victims being tricked into action.
AMD plans to issue a security bulletin soon with additional guidance and mitigation options."
At press time, there was no information about the processor models affected by this vulnerability.
