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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Do No Harm” by ac29 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:06AM (#15757253)
>As for a Heartbleed-esque catastrophe, apparently one is going to be announced for Intel ME at the upcoming Blackhat(?) conference in December. I can't wait to hear about it myself.

Light on details, but the vulnerabilities are disclosed and fixed [0]. ME updates are already available from many OEMs.

[0] https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTE...

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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Do No Harm” by exikyut on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:48PM (#15761977)
Right. But "don't apply the patch!" is sort of circling as well, because (presuming the Blackhat disclosure is workable, it sounds like it will be but fingers crossed) we might be able to play with our MEs.
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