AMD has revealed a major security flaw affecting hundreds of millions of its processors dating back to 2006. The vulnerability, called Sinkhole, allows hackers to infiltrate systems and work secretly. AMD also said that it will not provide updates to some processors.
AMD processors that will not receive updates against the sinkhole vulnerability
AMD stated that the Sinkhole vulnerability is difficult to exploit and can be used in targeted attacks by certain hacker groups. Therefore, it was claimed that individual users were not at high risk. However, due to the large number of affected processors, it turned out that AMD would bypass some models.
AMD stated that it will defend its enterprise customers at the highest level possible. In this context, it updated its new models, including EPYC server chips and new Ryzen desktop and laptop processors.
Against sinkhole vulnerability Updated AMD processors as follows:
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation EPYC server chips
- Ryzen 5000, 4000 and 3000 series
- Ryzen Threadripper Pro and 3000 series
- AMD Athlon processors
- AMD Radeon GPU models
With this Ryzen 1000/2000 And first Threadripper It was stated that the models will not receive updates. The company said that these processors have completed the standard support period.
It is possible that the vulnerability affects processors in terms of performance. However, AMD stated that it continues to test updates to verify compatibility. Security experts also said that there was no large-scale attack.
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