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Re:Another Vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM by k0ngo on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @03:03PM (#30782011)
Why can't NXP use the ROM patch mechanism (which was the cause of the previous vulnerability) to fix this? Was that all in vain?
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Re:Another Vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM by RL_Quine on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @03:05PM (#30782030)
If it's anything like the patching in some common bluetooth controllers, the patching area was filled up a long time ago with new features and they don't want to respin the base silicon.
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Re:Another Vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM by k0ngo on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @05:18PM (#30783527)
Yeah, looks like it :(

I read out the patch data from two LPC55S69 I have at hand, and...

MCU Date Code: 2019-07-20: 11/16 slots used 2019-11-05: 14/16 slots used

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