TL;DR: #GRUB assumes that the file system is valid, and might execute arbitrary code if it isn't.
That is a perfectly valid assumption…or it would be if #Microsoft wasn't still trying to ice-skate uphill by pushing #SecureBoot.
News flash, Microsoft: Secure Boot is only secure if the #BIOS is secure, and I'm sorry to break it to you but that is absolutely hopeless.
#BIOS / #OpenFirmware in the '90s stored settings (boot order, etc) in battery-powered SRAM. If the battery died, all such settings were lost as soon as the computer was powered off.
I wonder if any BIOS developers ever considered storing this information in a partition on the hard drive itself? No worries about the battery then.
BIOS update fixes data corruption with Linux on Asrock DeskMini X600
An SSD in the first M.2 slot of the DeskMini X600 mini PC barebone can lead to data corruption under Linux. A c't design proposal is also affected.
BIOS-Update behebt Datenkorruption mit Linux auf Asrock DeskMini X600
Mit einer SSD im ersten M.2-Slot des Mini-PC-Barebones DeskMini X600 kann es zu Datenverfälschung unter Linux kommen. Betroffen ist auch ein c't-Bauvorschlag.
Intel's solution for unstable CPUs: Keep to the specifications!
Core processors of the 13th and 14th gen are increasingly crashing. According to Intel, this is due to extreme factory overclocking by main board manufacturers.
