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    Did Newer Intel based FW's just get a direct hit in the EngineRoom ?

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    • bingo600B
      bingo600
      last edited by

      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=132528.msg766455#msg766455

      /Bingo

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      pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

      QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
      CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
      LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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      • ?
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        last edited by

        Yes, but the ME (and many of the totally feature creeped BSP SMM code blobs) have always been a total failure form a security perspective. I hope we can get more coreboot or other alternatives to run Intel setups, would surely help a lot with the black box danger firmwares we all have running now.

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        • ?
          Guest
          last edited by

          @bingo600:

          Maybe we're NOT AffectedĀ  ???

          /Bingo

          Affected Intel Products

          Below is the list of the processor chipsets which include the vulnerable firmware:

          • 6th, 7th and 8th Generation Intel Core processors (1)
          • Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6
          • Xeon Scalable processors
          • Xeon W processors
          • Atom C3000 processors (2)
          • Apollo Lake Atom E3900 series (1)
          • Apollo Lake Pentiums (1)
          • Celeron N and J series processors (1)

          (1) How many of this CPUs are running in system where pfSense will be installed on?
          (2) How many peoples will be using this brand new hardware for FreeNAS and/or pfSense?

          I think the impact is not able to count.

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          • bingo600B
            bingo600
            last edited by

            And the older CPU's might be affected by the Intel AMT bug from may-2017
            That might be "disabalabe" in the bios (atleast on my Lenovo)

            But i dont think i saw disable in the Qotom Bios.

            /Bingo

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            pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

            QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
            CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
            LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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