- Apr 21, 2016
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Intel rolled out its own security updates to address Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this year, but it turns out that just like it happened with Windows and Ubuntu patches, they’re causing unexpected reboots on a number of PCs.
Intel has just confirmed that it’s indeed aware of the reports and is currently investigating, though the company doesn’t have a workaround for impacted systems just yet.
The executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Group, Navin Shenoy, explained that Broadwell and Haswell processors are affected by the bug, though no specifics were provided, other than impacted systems are pushed into an infinite reboot loop.
“We have received reports from a few customers of higher system reboots after applying firmware updates. Specifically, these systems are running Intel Broadwell and Haswell CPUs for both client and data center. We are working quickly with these customers to understand, diagnose and address this reboot issue,” he said.
Read more: Intel Confirms Meltdown & Spectre Updates Bug Causing System Reboots
Intel has just confirmed that it’s indeed aware of the reports and is currently investigating, though the company doesn’t have a workaround for impacted systems just yet.
The executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Group, Navin Shenoy, explained that Broadwell and Haswell processors are affected by the bug, though no specifics were provided, other than impacted systems are pushed into an infinite reboot loop.
“We have received reports from a few customers of higher system reboots after applying firmware updates. Specifically, these systems are running Intel Broadwell and Haswell CPUs for both client and data center. We are working quickly with these customers to understand, diagnose and address this reboot issue,” he said.
Read more: Intel Confirms Meltdown & Spectre Updates Bug Causing System Reboots
