Security alert - "Meltdown" and "Spectre"

[robkelk]

...and the latest version of my motherboard's BIOS is still listed as 2014. *sigh*

So, basically, to eliminate the vulnerability, I might as well disconnect it from the internet and buy a new machine once all the fallout settles.

For the first half-day that the CERT advisory was up, that was actually the recommended fix.

There are workarounds, mostly at the OS level. Re-flashing the BIOS is not an absolutely necessary step (although, assuming the new BIOS version is written properly, it doesn't hurt).