NGC2346 comments on Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth

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[–] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 92 points 1 week ago (7 children)

CVE-2026-97631 doesn’t affect home and small office users, or any other users who boot their devices solely from disk drives. Instead, it applies only to organizations with machines that boot from local networks, or conceivably from Internet-connected resources.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Thank you ever so much for this comforting snippet. 🙏

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[–] HC4L@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Don't tell me what I can't do at home!!

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[–] wibble@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

At my company this isn't the norm. Maybe kickstart data comes from the network but not the OS itself.

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[–] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Certain companies restore images through the network and/or solely boot machines from the network depending on the field of work, and this affects them.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 point 1 week ago

Curious to how this could affect pxe imaging

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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 1 point 1 week ago

So I'm guessing this means the wake on lan "magic packet"??

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