News AMD motherboard partners start rolling out BIOS updates with LogoFAIL fix

[Admin]

AMD motherboard manufacturers have started releasing BIOS updates with the AGESA 1.2.0.b update, which protects against the LogoFAIL exploit that hijacks the UEFI boot image.

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[artk2219]

Good to know, i usually disable boot logo's anyway, im not sure if that would make a difference though.

 

[evdjj3j]

Both my Asrock AM4 MBs received those in Jan.

 

[Notton]

Thanks for the reminder. My MSI mobo had the 1.2.0.C (apparently it's a combo) update out 2 weeks ago.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

I suspect something else had changed because Gigabyte issued BIOS F6 to fix the issue with my X570S Aorus Master, and they have since removed it and posted F7.

 

[taz-nz]

Gigabyte B550 Pro AX is patched with F18,
but MSI B550M Mortar WIFI is still not patched.

 

[nitrium]

Do any of these fixes affect CPU performance? Is anyone even testing it?

 

[Math Geek]

for some reason the F7d Bios my x570s aorus master has on it is not even listed anymore. it goes from F6 to now F8, though the new one does not have this recent update in it since it came out in jan. it fixes this logo vulnerability but not this new Zenbleed issue the new "C" update fixes.

 

[neojack]

reading how the flaw works, i guess i can prevent the exploit by :

* activating secure boot : so only signed OSes can boot
and/or
* deselecting all the boot devices, leaving only "windows boot"

am i right ?

 

[razor512]

Wouldn't it be better for them to just get rid of the custom boot logo function, or simply display info about what the motherboard is doing before it starts loading the OS rather than any boot logo?

 

[LabRat 891]

Do any of these fixes affect CPU performance? Is anyone even testing it?

The Spectre-Meltdown patches did.

I'm purposely running 3-5 releases back on my Asus X570 Tuf gaming plus (WiFi) and 5800x3d.
(Major stability differences between BIOSes, and reliable losses in Cinebench. -post-Meltdown/Spectre patch)

 

[steacypaquette]

Do any of these fixes affect CPU performance? Is anyone even testing it?

It doesn't, at least for the logofail fix

 

[EDsnowden]

Was working on 'tuning'my machine; so just thought it was time to update the bios.
Well..... I tried updating Gigabyte AMD B550M-DS3H bios to F19 . What a joke !!!! Quickflash update was fine after having to change bios to RAID. BUT ..... On first reboot, it INSTALLS a new service called "Gigabyte updater" on my Win 10 LTSC , and. EVEN if you disable and stop it; then the Bios will RE-INSTALL it on next boot .
Who do they think they are installing (effectively) non removable services on my machine ?
Instantly REMOVED it, and went back to my old bios firmware. Works lovely.
Thanks for NOTHING Gigabyte .