Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Yes. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-engineers-linux-patch-would-alert-users-of-outdated-microcode-flagging-the-system-as-vulnerable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this</a> is a good thing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> to let end-users know if their system runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcode</span></a> <em>and</em> have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> update it.</p><ul><li>OFC this can't fix the systemic issues <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!</li></ul><p>Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reprpduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reprpduceable</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a> and small enough to fit on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Updates</span></a></p>