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Dell Latitude 7400 System BIOS 1.11.1

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:59:08 +1100

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:

Dell Latitude 7400 System BIOS 1.10.1

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:40:11 +1000

Just found out that Dell just released the a new firmware, 1.10.1, for the Latitude 7400 series. This firmeware was released since 10 Sep 2020.

Fixes:

Firmware updates to address the Intel Technical Advisory INTEL-TA-00404 (CVE-2020-8758).
Fixed the issue where an error message stating Key Mapping for Console Redirection BIOS is displayed before the Dell logo screen,

Enhancements:

Updated the Embedded Controller Engine firmware.

I’m running Fedora 32 on this laptop. To update the firmeware, just execute fwupdmgr update.

Dell Latitude 7400 System BIOS 1.9.1

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:19:32 +1000

Update BIOS firmware version 1.9.1 is available for Dell Latitude 7400. This firmware was released on 30 June 2020. It is marked Urgent and contains the following fixes and enhancements:

Fixes:

Fixed the issue where the system cannot detect the Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) device when SGX is enabled.
Firmware updates to address security advisory INTEL-SA-00295 (CVE-2020-0531, CVE-2020-0532, CVE-2020-0533, CVE-2020-0535, CVE-2020-0536, CVE-2020-0537, CVE-2020-0538, CVE-2020-0539, CVE-2020-0540, CVE-2020-0545, CVE-2020-0594, CVE-2020-0595, CVE-2020-0596, and CVE-2020-8674).
Firmware updates to address the Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00320 (CVE-2020-0543).
Firmware updates to address the Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00329 (CVE-2020-0548 and CVE-2020-0549).
Firmware updates to address the Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00322 (CVE-2020-0528 and CVE-2020-0529).

Enhancements:

Dell Latitude 7400 System BIOS 1.7.4

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:19:11 +1000

Dell released a new BIOS firmware version 1.7.4 for the Latitude 7300 and 7400 on May 22, 2020. This release is again marked Urgent and contains the following fixes and enhancements:

Fixes:

Firmware updated to address CVE-2020-5363

Enhancements:

Updated the Embedded Controller Engine Firmware

This version 1.7.4 is already available on Fedora 32 via fwupdmgr tool.

[root@matht436 ~]# fwupdmgr refresh
Fetching signature https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.jcat
Downloading…             [***************************************]
Fetching metadata https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware-00558-stable.xml.gz
Downloading…             [***************************************]
Successfully downloaded new metadata: 1 local device supported
[root@matht436 ~]# fwupdmgr update
• Thunderbolt Controller has no available firmware updates
• SSDPEKKF512G8 NVMe INTEL 512GB has no available firmware updates
Upgrade available for System Firmware from 1.7.3 to 1.7.4
Latitude 7400 must remain plugged into a power source for the duration of the update to avoid damage. Continue with update? [Y|n]:
Downloading 1.7.4 for System Firmware...
Fetching firmware https://fwupd.org/downloads/a397a5b5fb47d0411ce59e5a4550940681c741ebf8b601f9c90934e4a7ce4e29-Latitude_7X00_1.7.4.cab
Downloading…             [***************************************] Less than one minute remaining…
Decompressing…           [***************************************]
Authenticating…          [***************************************]
Updating System Firmware…[             /                         ]
Scheduling…              [***************************************]
Successfully installed firmware
• Touchpad has no available firmware updates
• Unifying Receiver has no available firmware updates

An update requires a reboot to complete. Restart now? [y|N]:

There was no problem after rebooting.

New System BIOS for Dell Latitude 7400 1.7.3

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:14:37 +1000

Dell just released a new system BIOS version 1.7.3 on April 8 for Dell Latitude 7400. This release is marked as Urgent, and comes with the following fixes and enhancements:

Fixes:

Fixed the issue where the Type-C port works from BIOS Boot Menu with external USB port disabled.
Fixed the issue that there is no user interface for wireless connection in BIOS Connect cloud SOS interface.
Fixed the issue where the system stops responding on Dell logo when SMM Security mitigation and Secure Boot is enabled.
Fixed the issue where the system is not able to update the BIOS from BIOS Boot Menu with SMM Security Mitigation enabled.

Enhancements: