Firmware upgrade message on login, what to do?

[Bo Berglund]

I have an Ubuntu 20.04.3 Server which was migrated recently to new hardware (now
a Lenovo IdeaCentre 3 PC) and release-upgraded from 18.04 too.

Now I am getting this message on login via SSH:

2 devices have a firmware upgrade available.
Run `fwupdmgr get-upgrades` for more information.

If I do this I get a rather big screen output, which seems to target these two
devices:

+-SAMSUNG MZALQ512HALU-000L1:
¦ ¦   Device ID:          71b677ca0f1bc2c5b804fa1d59e52064ce589293
¦ ¦   Summary:            NVM Express Solid State Drive
¦ ¦   Current version:    BL1QFXV7
¦ ¦   Vendor:             Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (NVME:0x144D)

And:

¦
+-Unifying Receiver:
  ¦   Device ID:          23f03b8c7695b6d35877233fe7f4ba355b1e78b6
  ¦   Summary:            A miniaturised USB wireless receiver
  ¦   Current version:    RQR12.01_B0019
  ¦   Bootloader Version: BOT01.02_B0014
  ¦   Vendor:             HIDRAW:0x046D|USB:0x046D
  ¦   Install Duration:   30 seconds
  ¦   GUIDs:              9d131a0c-a606-580f-8eda-80587250b8d6
  ¦                       fcf55bf5-767b-51ce-9c17-f6f538c4ee9f
  ¦                       279ed287-3607-549e-bacc-f873bb9838c4
  ¦   Device Flags:       • Updatable
  ¦                       • Supported on remote server
  ¦
  +-Unifying Receiver:
  ¦     New version:      RQR12.10_B0032
  ¦     Remote ID:        lvfs
  ¦     Summary:          Firmware for the Logitech Unifying Receiver (RQR12.xx)
  ¦     License:          Proprietary
  ¦     Size:             56.8 kB
  ¦     Created:          2019-07-18
  ¦     Urgency:          High
  ¦     Vendor:           Logitech
  ¦     Duration:         30 seconds
  ¦     Flags:            is-upgrade
  ¦     Description:
  ¦     This release addresses an encrypted keystroke injection vulnerability 


There is more but I guess you get the gist of it...

So I am asked to upgrade the firmware of the main SSD disk drive and the USB
receiver for my keyboard attached to the PC.

What in practical terms does this suggest that I should do?
I have no idea at all on how one upgrades firmware if it is not part of the apt
function set....


I googled this page:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/upgrade-update-samsung-ssd-firmware/

According to this on Linux command prompt the process is:

sudo fwupdmgr get-devices #Check available devices
sudo fwupdmgr refresh #Get new f/w data for the found devices
sudo fwupdmgr update  #Do the actual upgrade
sudo reboot

Is this the correct way to do it and is it safe when done via PuTTY SSH?


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden