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minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAm i correct in my understanding that if I’ve got a Ryzen CPU running Linux, and assuming I’ve not gotten hit by this beforehand, I’m safe so long as I don’t pull newer microcode packages from the repos?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoThis Ars article is better. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/users-cry-foul-after-amd-stripped-memory-crypto-from-its-consumer-cpus/ It looks like it’s from a BIOS update. I’m not sure if the microcode packages will do it too. Do you know if you actually had this enabled and working?
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago Do you know if you actually had this enabled and working? Not really, it’s mostly the interest of how to diagnose this kind of stuff and pre-prepare for it.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThis is good info to know. I want to check my 5800X3D.
Am i correct in my understanding that if I’ve got a Ryzen CPU running Linux, and assuming I’ve not gotten hit by this beforehand, I’m safe so long as I don’t pull newer microcode packages from the repos?
This Ars article is better. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/users-cry-foul-after-amd-stripped-memory-crypto-from-its-consumer-cpus/
It looks like it’s from a BIOS update. I’m not sure if the microcode packages will do it too.
Do you know if you actually had this enabled and working?
Not really, it’s mostly the interest of how to diagnose this kind of stuff and pre-prepare for it.
This is good info to know. I want to check my 5800X3D.