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.
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