AMD addresses Sinkclose vulnerability but older processors left unattended (www.csoonline.com)

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The company has decided not to extend these updates to its Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 series processors or its Threadripper 1000 and 2000 models.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Afaik you need kernel access to use this vulnerability. It still sucks, but having malware with kernel access sucks either way. So lets just hope that our favorite kernel anti-cheats never get compromised.

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