A major security flaw impacting hundreds of millions of AMD CPUs is making the rounds, but AMD won't be patching all of the affected processors.
Hundreds of millions of AMD CPUs are facing a new vulnerability called Sinkhole. The exploit, which was first reported by Wired, impacts processors dating back to 2006, and it spans nearly all of AMD ’s products. That list includes Ryzen, Threadripper, and Epyc CPUs across desktop and mobile, as well as AMD ’s data center GPUs. Despite Sinkhole hitting some of AMD ’s best processors, only the most recent batch of chips will receive a patch that fixes the vulnerability.
Recommended Videos Make no mistake, Sinkhole is a major security flaw. However, it’s not an exploit the vast majority of users need to worry about. Sinkhole, which was discovered by researchers at IOActive, allows attackers to run code in System Management Mode. This operating mode allows close access to the hardware, and it’s where you’ll find firmware running for power management settings, for example.
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