How to update BIOS on Linux

Hi,
My laptop (HP Probook 4440s) is in the list of laptops with BIOS updates related to security issues [1].
But I am running Linux, for which no update seems to be available [2], while there is a BIOS update available for Windows [3]?
Could anyone tell me how to get and apply this update via Linux..
Thx,
Aaditya
[1]: https://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04393276
[2]: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=5229488&swItemId=ob_107629_1&swEnvOid=202...
[3]: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=5229488&swItemId=ob_135974_1&swEnvOid=413...

aadityabagga wrote:
erico wrote:
Do you have a spare notebook SATA hard disk?
Nope.
Even if I had, I would probably not be installing Windows on it to upgrade the firmware!
I got some generic ways to install firmware if using Linux:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate
But I will wait for an official response from someone at HP about providing a Linux compatible BIOS update before attempting that.
If that is your desire, then I highly recommend that you contact HP directly.
You may have quite a long wait otherwise,
This is the HP Consumer peer to peer support forum.
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