After running the BIOS Secure Erase feature or the ThinkPad Drive Erase utility, it is possible to restore data on the Toshiba solid-state Drive

Failure phenomenon:

Lenovo Security Bulletin: LEN-9458

Potential impact: After running the Security cleanup utility, it is possible to recover drive data.

Severity: Medium

Impact Range: Lenovo-specific products

Summary description:

The Toshiba firmware used to clear the data on the following SSD does not conform to the Lenovo specification and is now determined to run the ThinkPad Drive Erase utility or perform a secure in the BIOS that is used to reset the encryption key and purge the solid-state drive After the erase feature, it is still possible to recover data on the affected Toshiba drives under certain conditions. For example, a hacker needs to get an unwanted SSD object and learn how to recover data from it.

To address this issue, Toshiba has launched a variety of firmware fixes offered by Lenovo through the links below.

Solution:

What measures should be taken to protect themselves:

Please press the link below to update the SSD firmware.

Please note: There is no guarantee that SSD purchased by Lenovo can be used in conjunction with these tools.

To determine your disk drive model in Microsoft Windows, enter Device Manager in the Windows search box to go to Device Manager, and then expand the arrow next to disk drive.

Product Impact:

Toshiba model	Lenovo Part Number	Lenovo products that may have arrived with these models	Minimum repair version	Update links
Toshiba HG6 Series		Thinkcenter	FWSD35	http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/DS038904
Toshiba HG6 2.5 "128 GB THNSNJ128GCSU	ssd0e38445	ThinkCentre M6500
Toshiba HG6 2.5 "256 GB Non-opal THNSNJ256GCSU	ssd0e38446	ThinkCentre M83/m83 Tiny
Toshiba HG6 2.5 "GB THNSNJ512GCSU	ssd0e38448	ThinkPad
Toshiba HG6 msata 128 GB THNSNJ128GMCU	ssd0e38450	ThinkPad 11e/11e Chromebook
Toshiba HG6 msata 256 GB THNSNJ256GMCU	ssd0e38451	ThinkPad e560p
Toshiba HG6 msata GB THNSNJ512GMCU	ssd0e38452	ThinkPad Edge e440/e540
Toshiba HG6 m.2 128 GB Thnsnj128gdnu	ssd0e38453	ThinkPad Helix
Toshiba HG6 m.2 256 GB non-opal thnsnj256gdnu	ssd0e38454	ThinkPad l440/l450/l460/l540/l560
Toshiba HG6 m.2 GB thnsnj128gdnu	ssd0e38456	ThinkPad P50/P50S/P70
Toshiba hg6z 2.5 "128GB Thnsnj128gcsy	ssd0j47157	ThinkPad S1 Yoga 12
Toshiba hg6z 2.5 "512GB Thnsnj512gcsy	ssd0j47158	ThinkPad S3/S3 Yoga 14/s3-s440
Toshiba hg6z m.2 128GB Thnsnj128gcsy	ssd0j47160	ThinkPad S5/S5-S540/S5 Yoga 15
Toshiba hg6z m.2 512GB Thnsnj512gcsy	ssd0j47161	ThinkPad t440/t440p/t440s
		ThinkPad t450/t450s
		ThinkPad t460/t460p/t460s
		ThinkPad t540p/t550/t560
		ThinkPad w540/w550s
		ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2nd Gen and 3rd Gen
		ThinkPad x240/x240s/x250/x260
		ThinkPad Yoga 11e/11e Chromebook
		ThinkPad Yoga 14
		ThinkPad Yoga 460
		Thinkstation
		Thinkstation C30
		Thinkstation D30
		Thinkstation E32
		Thinkstation p300/p500/p700/p900
		Thinkstation S30
Toshiba XG3 Series		ThinkPad	FWNV10	http://support.lenovo.com/downloads/DS119265
Toshiba XG3 2.5 "sata-express NVMe 256GB THNSF5256GCJ7	ssd0f66190	ThinkPad e560p
Toshiba XG3 2.5 "sata-express NVMe 128GB THNSN5512GCJ7	ssd0f66191	ThinkPad P50/P50S/P70
Toshiba xg3-512gb m.2 PCIe nvme thnsn5512gpu7	ssd0f66193	ThinkPad S1 (2nd Generation)
Toshiba m.2 PCIe XG3-128GB PCIe NVMe	ssd0f66225	ThinkPad S5
Toshiba xg3-256gb m.2 PCIe nvme thnsn5256gpu7	ssd0f66226	ThinkPad t460/t460p/t460s
Toshiba xg3-1024gb m.2 PCIe nvme thnsn51t02du7	ssd0f66227	ThinkPad T560
		ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th Generation
		ThinkPad X1 Tablet
		ThinkPad X1 Yoga
		ThinkPad X260
		ThinkPad Yoga 260

Revision history:

Revised version	Date	Describe
1	11/15/2016	Initial version

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