AMD won't patch all chips affected by severe data theft vulnerability — Ryzen 3000, 2000, and 1000 will not get patched for 'Sinkclose'
AMD processors dating back to 2006 reportedly suffer from a major security flaw that allows attackers to infiltrate a system virtually undetectable. AMD Product Security has since released updates for several processor families to mitigate this issue, but not all of them will be covered. According to a statement given to Tom's Hardware, AMD said, "There are some older products that are outside our software support window." AMD has no plans to update its Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 series processors or its Threadripper 1000 and 2000 models.
Nevertheless, most of AMD's recent processors have already received mitigation options to deal with the issue. This includes all generations of AMD's EPYC processors for the data center, the latest Threadripper, and Ryzen processors. Its MI300A data center chips are also getting the patch. The company said there is "No performance impact expected" when asked about the consequences of the update. Thus, the company is likely still doing performance tests to fully assess patch impacts on overall system performance.
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