Articles from April 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in April 2026
Microsoft Tracks Linux Kernel Flaw: AMD Display Bug Can Crash Systems on Docking
Microsoft’s vulnerability disclosure program has flagged a serious flaw in the Linux kernel’s AMD graphics driver that can cause memory corruption and system crashes when users connect or...
Docking Your AMD Linux Laptop? This Driver Bug Could Crash the Kernel
AMD has quietly patched a kernel-level flaw in its Linux graphics driver that can crash your system or silently leak memory — and it’s triggered by something as mundane as plugging in an external...
Linux Kernel Fix Patches CVE-2026-31496 Netfilter Namespace Info Leak
A new Linux kernel vulnerability, CVE-2026-31496, has been disclosed and patched, targeting the netfilter connection tracking (conntrack) expectations subsystem. The flaw resides in the procfs...
New Linux Netfilter Bug Leaks Container Connection Metadata Across Namespaces
The Linux kernel's latest netfilter vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-31496, is a small-sounding change with outsized importance for anyone who relies on conntrack visibility in production. The bug...
Linux Kernel Fixes Critical SPI Use-After-Free Race in CVE-2026-31487
Linux has published another small but important kernel security fix in CVE-2026-31487, and on the surface it looks like the kind of change that only kernel maintainers and driver authors would...
Linux kernel SPI driver_override bug allows local privilege escalation
A recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, CVE-2026-31487, highlights how subtle lifetime management bugs in core infrastructure can lead to serious security issues. The flaw resides in the SPI...
Linux kernel PMBus race CVE-2026-31486 hits versions 6.10–6.13.7, patched April 4.
The Linux kernel has a new CVE tied to a subtle but important synchronization bug in the PMBus regulator path, and this one is a good example of how a seemingly narrow race condition can ripple into...
Linux Kernel PMBus Deadlock Fix: Patch Released for CVE-2026-31486
A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31486, has drawn attention not for its complexity but for the kind of system stability risk it poses. The bug, which...
Microsoft’s “Total Loss of Availability” Warning Raises Patching Urgency
The Vulnerability at a Glance Microsoft’s Security Update Guide (SUG) classifies CVE-2026-40706 as a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability with a “total loss of availability” impact. This...
CVE-2026-40706: Unpatched Microsoft Flaw Opens Door to High-Impact DoS Attacks
Microsoft’s description of CVE-2026-40706 points to a serious availability weakness: an attacker can either fully deny access to impacted resources for as long as the attack continues, or cause a...
CVE-2026-31450: Ext4 Fast Commit Race Condition Exposes Kernel Memory Ordering Vulnerability
CVE-2026-31450 represents a critical memory ordering vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem implementation that could lead to kernel crashes and system instability. The security flaw,...
CVE-2026-31450: Ext4 Filesystem Race Condition Threatens Linux Kernel Stability
CVE-2026-31450 exposes a critical race condition in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem that can lead to system crashes and data corruption. The vulnerability stems from improper ordering in the...