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'You can now jailbreak your AMD CPU' — Google researchers release kit to exploit microcode vulnerability in Ryzen Zen 1 to Zen 4 chips

A team of Google researchers working with AMD recently discovered a major CPU exploit on Zen-based processors. The exploit allows anyone with local admin privileges to write and push custom microcode ...
HotHardware

AMD Rolls Out Patch For Alarming EPYC Microcode Vulnerability Affecting Zen 1-4 CPUs

AMD and Google's Security Team have disclosed a major microcode vulnerability affecting all AMD EPYC processors built on the Zen 1 through Zen 4 architectures. That means EPYC 7001 (Naples), 7002 ...
TechSpot

First firmware updates designed to fix Intel's Vmin Shift instability spotted in the wild

TL;DR: Intel promised to fix its Raptor Lake stability issues with a microcode update but said it could take weeks for motherboard makers to implement the fix. However, it's only been a few days since ...
The Verge

Intel is releasing another microcode update to protect crashing Raptor Lake CPUs

Microcode 0x12B “addresses elevated voltage requests by the processor during idle and/or light activity periods.” Microcode 0x12B “addresses elevated voltage requests by the processor during idle ...
TweakTown

Intel microcode fix for 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core CPUs now available for select motherboards

Intel and its partners have begun rolling out the microcode update that will fix stability and degradation issues with 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core desktop CPUs. The update arrived slightly ahead of ...