> I'm grateful for your contribution to the community for anyone needing assistance in the future with Linux. I also get your frustration surrounding linux support. The feedback has been shared with the developers.
It's especially frustrating since the ME is an OS agnostic function. And the security vulnerability is therefore present regardless which OS you run. As such, I expect a patch that can be installed regardless which OS you run.
By far the easiest solution would have been if simply a BIOS update (.BIO file) would have been made available for this board -- like for all others (see my previous reply). This could then be installed during boot (F7 BIOS Flash Update option).