AMD started releasing updates to patch some but not all. chips are affected With the recently discovered “Sinkclose” security flaw. A vulnerability discovered by researchers IOActive It was revealed in the report from Wired last week and is said to have affected Most AMD processors go back to 2006. Although AMD’s security team is working to patch some of these systems, Tom’s device It states that the Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 series will not receive such updates, along with the Threadripper 1000 and 2000.
This was reported by the company Tom’s device these are among “legacy products outside our software support window”. Newer models and all AMD embedded processors have already received or will receive the patch. The sinkclose flaw is considered more of a risk to governments or other large organizations than the average user, and even exploiting it would require deep access to a given system. But the researchers who discovered it warned that if exploited, it could be disastrous if it allowed hackers to run code in the chips’ normally protected System Management Mode.
