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If you’re still running ThinkPad P1 Gen 1 (Type 20MD, 20ME) like me, there is an exciting news, at least to me. Lenovo just released a new BIOS/UEFI firmware updated at version 1.27 on Mar 20, 2020. Changes in this releases: CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.27 [Important updates] - Addresses CVE-2019-0185 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0185) Refer to Lenovo's Security Advisory page for additionalinformation about LEN-27714 "Multi-vendor BIOS Security Vulnerabilities". (https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-27714) - Security fix addresses LEN-29406 "ST Microelectronics TPM Firmware ECDSA Signature Generation Vulnerability"....

Though a new firmware was release for ThinkPad X1 Carbon G6 since last month, 2020/01/23, I only found about this today. Unlike the firmware for Dell’s laptop, once can easily update it with fwupmgr if your Linux system supports it. Here’s what’s changed in this release. CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.45 <1.45> UEFI: 1.45 / ECP: 1.20 - (Fix) Fixed an issue where a system hardware controller device might disappear at 2nd boot....

It looks like Lenovo just released a new firmware for ThinkPad P1 Gen1 again. Here is the changes in this 1.25 release: CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.25 [Important updates] - Update includes security fixes. - Addresses CVE-2019-0151 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0151) - Addresses CVE-2019-0152 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0152) - Addresses CVE-2019-0123 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0123) - Addresses CVE-2019-0124 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0124) - Addresses CVE-2019-0117 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0117) - Addresses CVE-2019-0184 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0184) [New functions or enhancements] - Updated the CPU microcode. - Updated Regulatory Information....

I’ve been relying on Gnome Software Center to let me know when new ThinkPad P1 firmware is available. Up until today, there is no new firmware available since the last update back in August 2019. However, I stumbled on a post on reddit r/thinkpad, someone mentioned the BIOS 1.26 had been released for X1 Extreme/P1 Gen 2. This made me wonder if there was also new version of BIOS for the P1 Gen 1 that I have....

Today I decided to upgrade the kernel (gentoo-sources) from 4.19.64 to 5.2.6 on my old ThinkPad X220. Apart from a few hiccups, everything went quite smoothly. I already have a blog post about upgrading the kernel on Gentoo, so I’ll skip many things here. First, ensure the sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.2.6 is installed: # emerge -av =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.26 After the above package installed, we should be able to list it: ~ ❯❯❯ eselect kernel list Available kernel symlink targets: [1] linux-4....