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Lenovo released the firmeware v1.33 for ThinkPad P1 Gen1 recently which addressed many CVEs. CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.33 [Important updates] - Update includes a security fix. - Addresses CVE-2020-0587, CVE-2020-0588, CVE-2020-0590, CVE-2020-0591, CVE-2020-0592, and CVE-2020-0593. (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0587) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0588) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0590) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0591) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0592) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0593) [New functions or enhancements] - Updated the Diagnostics module to version 04.15.000. [Problem fixes] - Nothing It’s worth noting that this 1.33 version is not yet available via fwupdmgr. So to update it, just download the firmeware zip file from Lenovo website. Then, manually install it. There are 2 files in the zip, and I only need to install 1 of them. ...

Dell just released a new BIOS firmware of the Latitude 7400 series. This firmware was released on 23 Nov 2020. Fixes: Modified the default settings of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver. Firmware updates to address the Intel Technical Advisory INTEL-TA-00391 (CVE-2020-8753, CVE-2020-8745, CVE-2020-8705, CVE-2020-8757, CVE-2020-8756, CVE-2020-8760, CVE-2020-8751, CVE-2020-8754, CVE-2020-8747, CVE-2020-8746, CVE-2020-8749 CVE-2020-8752, CVE-2020-12303, CVE-2020-12355, and CVE-2020-12356). Firmware updates to address the Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358 (CVE-2020-0587, CVE-2020-0591, CVE-2020-0592, and CVE-2020-0593). Firmware updates to address the Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00381 (CVE-2020-8696 and CVE-2020-8698). Firmware updates to address the Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00389 (CVE-2020-8694 and CVE-2020-8695). Firmware update to address CVE-2020-26189. Enhancements: ...

I’m a fan of ZFS filesystem. It’s so good that I also use ZFS on most my Linux machines, though it’s painful at time when the ZFS kernel modules fail to compile. Why I like it so much comparing to other file system such as XFS, EXT4, BTRFS? ZFS allows me to quickly do snapshots and efficiently send snapshots over the network, and my nas runs FreeBSD which support ZFS natively. ...

Are you still rocking your X1 Carbon Gen 6 in 2020? Well, Lenovo just released a new BIOS firmware 1.50. Here are changes in this release: [Important updates] - Update includes a security fix. - Addresses CVE-2020-8696 and CVE-2020-8698. (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8696) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8698) - Addresses CVE-2020-0587, CVE-2020-0588, CVE-2020-0590, CVE-2020-0591, CVE-2020-0592, and CVE-2020-0593. (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0587) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0588) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0590) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0591) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0592) (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0593) [New functions or enhancements] - Updated the CPU microcode. - Updated the Diagnostics module to version 04.15.000. [Problem fixes] Nothing. It’s worth to note that this new firmware is available on Fedora (33) via fwupdmgr. ...

While creating a new user account on one my servers running FreeBSD 12, I encountered the following error: root@nas2:~ # adduser Username: devops Full name: Ansible Operator Uid (Leave empty for default): Login group [devops]: Login group is devops. Invite devops into other groups? []: Login class [default]: Shell (sh csh tcsh nologin) [sh]: Home directory [/home/devops]: Home directory permissions (Leave empty for default): Use password-based authentication? [yes]: no Lock out the account after creation? [no]: no Username : devops Password : <disabled> Full Name : Ansible Operator Uid : 1002 Class : Groups : devops Home : /home/devops Home Mode : Shell : /bin/sh Locked : no OK? (yes/no): yes pw: user 'devops' disappeared during update adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (devops). Add another user? (yes/no): no Goodbye! According to a discussion on a FreeBSD forum, the problem could have caused by the databases being out of sync. ...