Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code

Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by qume on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:43AM (#14776178)

Love my macbook pro (linux), but the broadcom chips are such a pain. Almost enough me to drop Apple hardware.

I think this has pushed me over the edge.

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Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by osivertsson on Saturday July 15, 2017 @03:16PM (#14778387)

What Wi-Fi chip vendor would be preferable then?

Broadcom's Wi-Fi chip solution has now been the focus of many man-months of security analysis, but I'm not aware of any other vendor that has seen the same thorough analysis, or?

Is any Wi-Fi chip vendor actively marketing themselves as security oriented and has anything to show to back that up?

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Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by rcarmo on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:49AM (#14776198)

Have you actually read the CVE and articles? This is not Apple-specific at all...

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Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by asdfaoeu on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:50AM (#14776201)

I think he's just saying that broadcom is the only option with macbooks.

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Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by pier25 on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:15PM (#14778066)

No, but Apple uses a lot of Broadcom chips

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Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by itchy_eyelids on Saturday July 15, 2017 @04:46PM (#14778838)

I agree. I have an older Macbook Pro from 2010 and none of the Linux drivers, b43 or Broadcom's wl, can get anything better than 17Mbps to my access point. If I boot from Mac OS, I get 70Mbps. They also can't do 4-addr bridging and are missing some other features. Add to that all of the ACPI problems and it makes for a very poor Linux experience.

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