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Isn't the point of the microcode to make it possible to patch a HW bug?
by sschueller 4y ago
Isn't the point of the microcode to make it possible to patch a HW bug?
- Akronymus 4y agoIt takes microcode to patch microcode though. AFAIK. If the malware shuts that patching off...
- rrix2 4y agoYour OS loads a microcode update in to the CPU very early in the boot process, it's not a static firmware. Unless the microcode malware is sophisticated enough to block e.g. windows update, debian mirrors, then updating the system and rebooting to load a patched microcode would be sufficient to flush this out.