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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....

A quick note to remind ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6 users that Lenovo just released a new firmware for the Thunderbolt on this laptop. And, it’s available via fwupd if you run Fedora (possibly also available on Ubuntu). [root@benji ~]# fwupdmgr update • Thunderbolt Controller has the latest available firmware version Upgrade available for Embedded Controller from 0.1.20 to 0.1.21 20KHCTO1WW must remain plugged into a power source for the duration of the update to avoid damage....

On May 15, Lenovo released a new BIOS firmware for ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 6. The latest of the version of the firmware is 1.48. (There previous version 1.47 was withdrawn for some unknown reason.) Changes in this releases: CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.48 [Important updates] - Update includes a security fix. [New functions or enhancements] - Updated the Diagnostics module to version 04.12.001. [Problem fixes] - Fixed an issue where Force PXE boot by Intel AMT does not work....

Lenovo has “quietely” released another firmware (1.46) for ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 6. Changes in this release: CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.46 [Important updates] - Update includes a security fix. [New functions or enhancements] Nothing. [Problem fixes] Nothing. I am not able to find out what the “important security fix” is. However, I’m happy to report that the firmware update went well on X1 Carbon Gen 6 running Fedora 31....

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....