In my case, their Linux detection tool is less than useless: $ sudo ./intel_sa00086.py ... *** Risk Assessment *** Detection Error: This system may be

In my case, their Linux detection tool is less than useless: $ sudo ./intel_sa00086.py ... *** Risk Assessment *** Detection Error: This system may be vulnerable, please install the Intel(R) MEI/TXEI driver (available from your system manufacturer). ... Thanks, Intel! If you have a Lenovo machine, check Lenovo's security advisory [0] to see if it is affected. Intel has the wrong URL in their link. Edit: FWIW, the (Linux) tool creates a .log (and .xml) file in the current directory that was slightly more helpful: $ tail -n 4 SA-00086-cluefire-2017-11-20-21-09-36.log HECI error: No device with MKHI found[2] Can't find SPS version in the tool output Status: HECI_NOT_INSTALLED Tool Stopped This workstation doesn't have an "HECI" [1], apparently. It does have SPS, but "spsInfoLinux64" throws an error too: Error 9460: Unknown or unsupported hardware platform This box has 2 x E5-2620 v4 CPUs so it is reportedly "not affected" but I thought I'd double-check anyways. Oh well, I won't miss out on all the excitement -- I'll still get to have some fun updating my other machines and all of $work's servers in the datacenters. :/ [0]: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-17297 https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-17297 [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_Embedded_Controller_Interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_Embedded_Controller_Inter...