Windows 10 Thunderbolt 3 Security

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Windows 10 thunderbolt 3 security. A total of seven vulnerabilities are revealed in the analysis. Targeted audience this document is intended for thunderbolt 3 users who may have questions or concerns regarding. This contact information may change without notice. These affect all laptop and desktop systems equipped with a thunderbolt 2 and or thunderbolt 3 family host controller employing security levels.

This document provides information on the intel thunderbolt 3 controller security features on microsoft windows 10 operating system. Background pci devices are dma capable which allows them to read and write to system memory at will without having to engage the system processor in these operations. For example here s how the thunderbolt 3 firmware and driver updates are displayed on dell s website for one of their thunderbolt 3 laptops. Thunderbolt 3 dch driver for windows 10 for intel nuc version.

For thunderbolt dma protection on earlier windows versions and platforms that lack support for kernel dma protection please refer to intel thunderbolt 3 security documentation. Also users may refer to intel thunderbolt 3 and security on microsoft windows 10 operating system documentation for alternative mitigations. Thunderbolt 3 firmware and driver updates will typically be under a chipset category and will say thunderbolt or thunderbolt 3 in the title. Microsoft provides third party contact information to help you find technical support.

Microsoft has also built in kernel level protection for thunderbolt 3 into windows 10. Microsoft has outlined how its new breed of windows 10 secured core pcs can help companies mitigate the threat of the recently disclosed thunderspy attacks on devices with a thunderbolt interface. It s surprising to hear microsoft blame security for the lack of thunderbolt ports rather than. All microsoft operating systems from windows 7 to windows 10 and all linux kernel releases from kernel 4 13 are affected.

Automatically update your drivers. This document is intended for thunderbolt tm 3 users who may have questions or concerns regarding thunderbolt tm security and would like more information. Information on the intel r thunderbolt tm 3 controller security features on microsoft windows 10 operating system focus on the pci express i o related security features.