AMD Us Revealed s; New Patch Fixes Vulnerability

It's not just video games or emails that get hacked. Numerous reports proved that also hardware components can become a gateway for unwelcome guests, including GPUs, printers or even gaming mice. The latest such information was provided by AMD in an announcement about a serious security vulnerability in the company's Us. It was discovered by ZeroPeril, a company that researches and develops technologies related to computer security.

CVE-2021-26333 (as the issue was marked) affects the Platform Security Processor driver and enables unauthorized persons not only access to s stored on a computer but also sending own data packets to it (which, of course, makes people vulnerable to many types of malware attacks). The vulnerability is present in many AMD Us, including:

1. AMD Ryzen 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 Series processors (including versions with integrated graphics);
2. AMD Ryzen Laptop Processors 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 Series;
3. AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation processors.

Fortunately, we don't have to wait for this bug to be fixed. AMD in cooperation with ZeroPeril has already prepared a patch available through Windows Updates (as 5.17.0.0) or directly from Transient Execution of Non-canonical Accesses (similar to Meltdown known from Intel Us) - AMD left the problem to developers.

1. AMD - official homepage

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