Critical security flaw found in Lenovo PCs, others might be affected too

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Security researcher Dymtro "Cr4sh" Oleksiuk claims to have uncovered a flaw in Lenovo machines that could let attackers disable write protection on a device's firmware and execute malicious code in the System Management Mode, a privileged operating mode of the CPU, Engadget reports. The vulnerable driver reportedly comes from common...





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