RE: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:07.mds
"Wall, Stephen" <[email protected]>
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> New CPU microcode may be available in a BIOS update from your system vendor, > or by installing the devcpu-data package or sysutils/devcpu-data port. > Ensure that the BIOS update or devcpu-data package is dated after 2014-05-14. > > If using the package or port the microcode update can be applied at boot time > by adding the following lines to the system's /boot/loader.conf: > > cpu_microcode_load="YES" > cpu_microcode_name="/boot/firmware/intel-ucode.bin" Is this applicable in a virtualized environment, or only on bare metal? If not applicable in a VM, is it at least harmless? Thanks - Steve Wall _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"