Re: [wlug] Dell and HP Advise All Their Customers To Not Install Spectre BIOS Updates

On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:20:05 +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:

'The Spectre and Meltdown mess continues with Dell now recommending their customers to not install the BIOS updates that are supposed to resolve the Spectre (Variant 2) vulnerabilities.'

They’ve known about the problem for months. Now it seems they’re rushing out patches without proper testing.