Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo...
by josteink on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:01PM
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> I do understanding that it's entirely feasible for them to rootkit Linux from the BIOS and install malware onto their Thinkpads but I just haven't seen it happen yet
It’s not actually, because the mechanism which allows a vendor to provide “drivers” via UEFI is used by Windows only and nobody else. Windows exclusively is the target of such UEFI abuse.
Lenovo can put as much garbage and bloatware they want in the relevant UEFI firmware-sections, and Linux will simply ignore it, like it always have. No root-kit will be triggered.
As a Linux-user you are actually 100% immune against this abuse. As a ThinkPad-owner doubly so, since this major fuck-up only affected budget/non-Thinkpad product-lines.
It’s not actually, because the mechanism which allows a vendor to provide “drivers” via UEFI is used by Windows only and nobody else. Windows exclusively is the target of such UEFI abuse.
Lenovo can put as much garbage and bloatware they want in the relevant UEFI firmware-sections, and Linux will simply ignore it, like it always have. No root-kit will be triggered.
As a Linux-user you are actually 100% immune against this abuse. As a ThinkPad-owner doubly so, since this major fuck-up only affected budget/non-Thinkpad product-lines.