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“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users—many running packages released as early as this year—started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error message that included the phrase: “Something has gone seriously wrong.”

The cause: an update Microsoft issued as part of its monthly patch release. It was intended to close a 2-year-old vulnerability in GRUB, an open source boot loader used to start up many Linux devices. The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 8.6 out of 10, made it possible for hackers to bypass secure boot, the industry standard for ensuring that devices running Windows or other operating systems don’t load malicious firmware or software during the bootup process. CVE-2022-2601 was discovered in 2022, but for unclear reasons, Microsoft patched it only last Tuesday.

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The reports indicate that multiple distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Puppy Linux, are all affected. Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the error publicly, explain how it wasn’t detected during testing, or provide technical guidance to those affected. Company representatives didn’t respond to an email seeking answers.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (51 children)

Y'all, help a dummy out. I dual boot windows and Fedora. I only keep windows around for a very few college classes that require for screenwriting software. I have not booted into windows in months. I have a screenwriting class coming up in a week.

How worried should I be? I am not great with computers, I run fedora mostly because I support the philosophy of Linux, less for the techy stuff. Please advice, Linux people. I'm scurred.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you use? Maybe there is a Linux alternative to that so you don't have to bother with a VM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They require a program called Final Draft. I looked around but couldn't find an alternative

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Try running it in Bottles. A lot of programs work there without many issues.

Use Bottles Flatpak

Bottles uses WINE which is way more performant than a VM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Technically it uses Soda + Proton but same diff

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How is that different?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proton works better and is generally more performant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yes Proton is different from Soda, but how is "technically Soda" actually what Bottles runs? I thought bottles runs WINE, which runs Soda as the runtime

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which are both custom versions of Wine with extra patches? They aren't something like Luxortorpeda where it replaces the Windows game engine with a Linux one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Soda is the default Runtime, Proton (and outside of steam you should use Proton-GE) is the Steam one with way more compatibility for Games

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I am aware of what it uses, but thanks for over-explaining. I was commenting on that person's implication that Soda and Proton, aren't infact, just variations of Wine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The question mark made me think it was a question :)

The other commenter started a strange argument on what is what.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the advise! YouTube tutorials, here I come!

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