‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

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‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

alessandro ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca )

PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 3 months ago

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Researchers warn that a bug in AMD’s chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer—and that it has persisted in the company’s processors for decades.

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Requires ring 0 access to the system in the first place. So for any normal user it’s a nothing burger

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