UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack::UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    972·
    11 months ago

    Every device booting from UEFI is vulnerable. It’s neither a Windows nor Linux issue, it’s UEFI.

    Because UEFI has Code-execution capability before OS loads. In this case it’s for the logo

    • setsubyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      11 months ago

      It’s not related to Windows or Linux, but as the article notes, Apple devices that use UEFI are not vulnerable (and current ones don’t use it anymore and therefore aren’t vulnerable either), so I guess that’s where the “Windows or Linux” comes from.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        And I can install FreeBSD or OpenBSD on a non-Apple machine, and it will have the same security issue.

        The article is written inaccurately. The issue is that the industry-standard pre-OS-load firmware patterns and interfaces (BIOS/EFI/UEFI) are vulnerable. Apple uses nonstandard/highly customized hardware, firmware, and software (because they’re more or less completely vertically integrated), and their custom stuff doesn’t have the same flaw due to that customization.

      • XenGi@lemmy.chaos.berlinEnglish
        69·
        11 months ago

        There are more OS’ on PC then Windows and Linux. So they should really just say PCs running UEFI. Any PC running a different firmware like core boot or libreboot is not affected. Apple devices are not vulnerable because they don’t use UEFI. Apple doesn’t do the U(nified) bit and built their own EFI.

        • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          11 months ago

          different firmware like core boot or libreboot

          What’s the market share of these? Are they even relevant?