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Darren Allan

Some AMD Zen 2 CPUs finally get defenses against Zenbleed security flaw – and it’s about time

MSI X570 motherboards.

Some AMD Zen 2 chips have still not had an important security patch, but this appears to be finally happening, at least for those with MSI motherboards, who are now receiving a firmware update to patch against Zenbleed attacks.

This is a BIOS update which comes with AMD’s AM4 AGESA 1.2.0.Ca that packs mitigations against Zenbleed. The CPUs in question are actually technically Zen 2 APUs – all-in-one chips with integrated graphics – from the Ryzen 4000 family (codenamed Renoir).

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