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Home > Linux > Fwupd 1.8.9 has been released

Fwupd 1.8.9 has been released

Fwupd 1.8.9 has been released as the latest version with a couple of features and a lot of bug fixes.


Ezgi Koc Ezgi Koc
January 4, 2023
2 min read
Fwupd 1.8.9 has been released
  • Fwupd is a program that helps programs like browsers and email clients update their own software on your computer. Although designed for desktops, it can also be used on phones.
  • The latest release, fwupd 1.8.9 includes some new features as well as a couple of bug fixes. Updates can be installed either through a command line tool or through a graphical package manager such as GNOME.
  • Several Linux distributions use fwupd, including but not limited to Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE.

Fwupd is an open-source daemon for managing the installation of firmware updates on Linux-based systems, developed by GNOME maintainer Richard Hughes. Fwupd 1.8.9 has been released as the latest version of the firmware update solution for Linux systems. It is designed primarily for servicing the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware on supported devices via EFI System Resource Table (ESRT) and UEFI Capsule, which is supported in Linux kernel 4.2 and later.

New features and bug fixes implemented

The release adds the following features:

  • Add an interactive request for re-inserting the USB cable
  • Add SHA384 support for TPM hashes
  • Add X-FingerprintReader, X-GraphicsTablet, X-Dock, and X-UsbDock categories
  • Allow specifying OR parent requirements in metadata

This release fixes the following bugs:

  • Add the fwupd version to the HSI result if the chassis is invalid
  • Allow getting the ESP when there is a block device with no filesystem
  • Allow reinstalling on devices with only-version-upgrade set
  • Do not require the TPM event log to have all reconstructions
  • Fix a tiny memory leak when parsing signed reports
  • Ignore failure to mount the ESP if unsupported
  • Never allow using SHA-1 for checksum validation
  • Return a more useful error if USB recovery failed
  • Skip the fwupdx64.efi BootXXXX entry when measuring system integrity
  • Speed up daemon startup using prepared XPath queries
  • Suggest to turn on ThunderboltAccess for Lenovo systems
  • Use better defaults if the config file is missing

This release adds support for the following hardware:

  • More Solidigm NVMe devices
  • More Synaptics Cape devices
  • More Synaptics Prometheus devices
  • Most Texas Instruments USB-4 docks
  • Scaler support for Wacom USB devices
  • Several new Wistron USB-C docks

You can access the GitHub release here.

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Ezgi Koc

Ezgi Koc

Ezgi Koc is an editor at Cloud7 News. She graduated from Ege University with a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature. She had a great interest in technology, both hardware and software, since her childhood and decided to pursue a career that would enable her to broaden her horizons in this field. She is very passionate about video games as a Twitch affiliate and streams games in her free time.

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