Articles from April 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in April 2026
Microsoft Flags Linux Kernel Audio Bug That Could Crash PCs with Old Sound Blaster Cards
Microsoft's Security Response Center published an advisory on Tuesday for a Linux kernel vulnerability that can crash systems equipped with aging Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi sound cards. The fix,...
AMDGPU Kernel Bug CVE-2026-31566 Puts Linux Systems at Risk—Patch Ready
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s AMDGPU driver can cause use-after-free memory errors on systems with AMD graphics hardware, potentially leading to crashes or exploitation. The...
Microsoft’s Agentic Copilot Arrives in Office Apps—Here’s What It Can Do for You
Microsoft has begun rolling out agentic Copilot capabilities across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, turning the AI from a passive helper into a proactive collaborator that can draft documents, analyze...
Microsoft Flags Linux Kernel Bug That Crashes Systems via USB Displays – Patch Now
On April 24, 2026, the National Vulnerability Database published CVE-2026-31605, a Linux kernel flaw that lets any local user crash a machine equipped with a USB display adapter. Within the same...
CVE-2026-31660: Linux NFC Driver Flaw Can Crash Systems—Here’s Who Should Patch Now
The Linux kernel’s NFC driver for PN533 and PN532 hardware contains a vulnerability that can cause system crashes, and it’s earned a CVE tracked by Microsoft’s security team. The flaw, assigned...
Linux USB Gadget Flaw Lets Host PCs Steal Kernel Memory — Patch Now
The Linux kernel project disclosed a vulnerability this week that allows a USB host to read sensitive memory from connected Linux devices using a networking feature called CDC-NCM. Tracked as...
Microsoft Flags Linux Kernel Crash Bug That Could Hit WSL and Azure Users
Microsoft’s security team recently added a Linux kernel vulnerability to its tracking list, and if you manage Windows devices with WSL or Linux workloads in Azure, you’ll want to look closely. On...
A Single Linux KVM Warning Can Crash Your Server: The Fix for CVE-2026-31590
The Linux kernel’s KVM virtualization layer harbors a bug that lets a local user trigger a kernel warning, and on hardened systems, that warning can escalate to a full host crash—taking down...
CVE-2026-31606: The Linux USB Gadget Flaw That Could Crash Your Embedded Device, Now in Microsoft’s Advisory
Microsoft’s Security Update Guide has assigned CVE-2026-31606 to a narrow but potentially destabilizing bug in the Linux kernel’s USB HID gadget driver. The flaw, patched upstream, can cause a...
If You Use FireWire Audio on Linux, a Critical Kernel Bug Is Now Fixed (CVE-2026-31619)
Linux kernel maintainers have patched a vulnerability in the ALSA FireWire audio driver that could allow a malicious or faulty FireWire device to read beyond the bounds of a string table, potentially...
Windows Insider Program Gets Clearer Tiers and Safer Upgrade Paths
Microsoft is quietly reshaping the Windows Insider Program, and the changes are more than cosmetic. The company has introduced a clearer distinction between Beta Channel builds and experimental...
Windows 11 Drops Copilot Label for 'Rewrite' and 'Open AI' in Notepad and Snipping Tool
Microsoft is quietly doing something that looks small on the surface but says a lot about where Windows 11’s AI story is headed: it is stripping the Copilot label out of some first-party apps while...