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Fwupd 2.0.12 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for HP Portable USB-C Hubs
Coming one and a half months after fwupd 2.0.11, the fwupd 2.0.12 release adds support for the HP Portable USB-C hub, support for more Foxconn 5G modem products, support for more Intel Arc Battlemage devices, and device emulation support for Thunderbolt host controllers.
It also adds a configuration option for enforcing immutable device enumeration, support for loading multiple coSWID blobs from PE files, the ability to parse the SBOM data from fwupdx64.efi, as well as support for doing the efivarfs free space checks for dbx, db, KEK, and PK devices.
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Fwupd 2.0.12 Released with Thunderbolt Emulation
Two weeks after its previous 2.0.11 release, Fwupd, an open-source utility designed to make updating firmware on Linux-based systems easier and more automatic, rolled out its new 2.0.12 version.
One of the standout additions in this release is a new configuration option for enforcing immutable device enumeration, which enhances security by preventing unauthorized modifications to device listings.
Additionally, Thunderbolt host controllers now benefit from device emulation support, making firmware updates more reliable for these high-speed interfaces.
For UEFI-related updates, fwupd now performs efivarfs free space checks for critical security databases (dbx, db, KEK, and PK), ensuring that essential firmware updates don’t fail due to insufficient storage.