Massive Intel Vulnerabilities Just Landed -- And Every PC User On The Planet May Need To Update

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A major kernel vulnerability is going to slow down all Intel processors...

 

A significant vulnerability has been discovered in all Intel processor chips and it’s going to have a huge impact going forward. The Register first noticed this major design flaw in Linux kernel patch notes. All operating systems will have to be updated (Linux distributions, Windows, macOS…).

 

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025619/software.html

 

Last Reviewed: 26-Dec-2017

Article ID: 000025619

Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME 6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x), Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (Intel® TXE 3.0), and Intel® Server Platform Services (Intel® SPS 4.0) vulnerability (Intel-SA-00086)

In response to issues identified by external researchers, Intel has performed an in-depth comprehensive security review of the following with the objective of enhancing firmware resilience:

• Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME)
• Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (Intel® TXE)
• Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS)

Intel has identified security vulnerabilities that could potentially impact certain PCs, servers, and IoT platforms.

Systems using Intel ME Firmware versions 6.x-11.x, servers using SPS Firmware version 4.0, and systems using TXE version 3.0 are impacted. You may find these firmware versions on certain processors from the:

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Intel® Core™ Processor Families
• Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 and v6 Product Family
• Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family
• Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family
• Intel Atom® C3000 Processor Family
• Apollo Lake Intel Atom® Processor E3900 series
• Apollo Lake Intel® Pentium® Processors
• Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
• Intel® Celeron® G, N, and J series Processors

 

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