Re: firmware updates, there is stuff like these remotely exploitable kernel wifi stack issues not that long ago: https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20221013101046

Re: firmware updates, there is stuff like these remotely exploitable kernel wifi stack issues not that long ago: https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20221013101046.GB20615@suse.de/ https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20221013101046.GB20615@suse.... There can be driver specific remotely exploitable issues that might not be widely communicated. Until operating systems are written more robustly, just having admin level stuff set up robustly isn't always enough. Of course, updates can add bugs too.