Consequences of disabling CPUID
The recommended way to remediate the vulnerability is to upgrade to Snow Inventory Agent for Windows version 6.7.1 or later, rather than disabling the CPUID setting. There is a known issue in Snow Inventory Agent for Windows version 6.7.0 and earlier, possibly causing incorrect processor and core count for virtual machines in some scenarios.
Disabling CPUID will have a minor impact to reporting in Snow License Manager but will not impact data quality.
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If Snow Inventory Agent reports that scanned hardware is changed, Data Update Job will process data again, which will result in a slightly extended first Data Update Job run time for the first execution after the Snow Inventory Agent for Windows has reported in. This increase in run time is often insignificant and will not be noticed.
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CPU hardware information will be reported but look differently. Here are some examples, and bear in mind that Family and Manufacturer are not used in calculations:
| Value | CPUID enabled | CPUID disabled |
|---|---|---|
| Name | AMD Ryzen 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core Processor |
| Manufacturer | Advanced Micro Devices | AuthenticAMD |
| Family | AMD64 Family 23 Model 113 Stepping 0 |
| Value | CPUID enabled | CPUID disabled |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Intel Core i7 6700 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz |
| Manufacturer | Intel Corporation | GenuineIntel |
| Family | Intel64 Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 |
| Value | CPUID enabled | CPUID disabled |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Intel Core i7 7600U | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7600U CPU @ 2.80GHz |
| Manufacturer | Intel Corporation | GenuineIntel |
| Family | Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 9 |
| Value | CPUID enabled | CPUID disabled |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Intel Core i7 8650U | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz |
| Manufacturer | Intel Corporation | GenuineIntel |
| Family | Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10 |