Intel disables DX12 on its 4th CPUs. Generation after detecting a vulnerability

Just a week ago Intel launched its 12 generation desktop CPU which from what we saw are far superior to AMD’s Ryzen. But it’s not all good news, we now know that you have disabled DirectX 12 support on your 4th generation Haswell processors with integrated graphics due to a security vulnerability. The vulnerability allows privilege escalation, or in other words, allows an unauthorized user to perform unwanted actions.

The truth is that it is somewhat drastic to completely disable DirectX 12 support, instead of releasing a new driver or patch, so it will be interesting to see when the company fixes this or talks about the details of the vulnerability, and if this it affects other generations of CPUs.

When will Intel release a patch or new driver?

As of driver 15.40.44.5107, disabled CPUs are those with Iris Pro 5200, Iris 5100, HD 5000, 4600, 4400, and 4200 graphics, along with fourth-generation Pentium and Celeron models. Fourth-gen Ivy Bridge processors with the same Gen 7 GPU architecture are apparently unaffected, at least for now.

We do not know how many users have these CPUs since they are from 2013, but we do know that they were very successful, and we are sure that there are many 4000 series CPUs in desktop computers and, in particular, in laptops around the world. . Users using the HD and Iris graphics of the time will not be able to run applications with DX12 content.

Whether many or few people have these CPUs, this is not good for Intel, which has had problems in recent years due to security problems, especially the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities.

Meanwhile, Intel recommends that users revert to driver 15.40.42.5063 or earlier in order to run content with Direct X 12.

If Intel suggest this, maybe the problem is not that serious.