Whoa. Does the addition of Thunderbolt imply that all USB4 host systems are exposed to DMA attacks[0]?
Doesn't this open up every USB system (all systems?) to arbitrary, uncontrolled memory access including silently flashing new firmware/microcode to system components?
Doesn't this open up every USB system (all systems?) to arbitrary, uncontrolled memory access including silently flashing new firmware/microcode to system components?
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMA_attack