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Linux 7.1.1 Rushes Patch for CVE-2025-10263, Fixing TLB Flaw in Azure Cobalt 100 and NVIDIA Arm Chips
Greg Kroah-Hartman released Linux kernel 7.1.1 on June 19, 2026, at 13:50 UTC+2, just five days after Linus Torvalds unleashed the 7.1 mainline. The lightning-fast point release carries a single...
WSL2 Kernel 6.18.35.2 Arrives to Fix x86 Timekeeping Regression Caused by Incorrect MSR Access
Microsoft has shipped an emergency update for the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2), delivering kernel version 6.18.35.2 on June 19, 2026. The release addresses a timekeeping regression that was...
CVE-2024-42068: Linux Kernel BPF Vulnerability Explained & Windows Security Parallels
A seemingly minor oversight in the Linux kernel's BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) subsystem has exposed a critical security vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass memory protection mechanisms,...
Azure Linux Kernel Patch Fixes Memory Leak That Could Crash Hosts
Microsoft has patched a kernel memory leak in Azure Linux that could allow a local attacker to exhaust system memory and crash the host. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-38258, was disclosed on...
CVE-2025-68744: eBPF Kernel Memory Leak Fix and Security Implications
A critical kernel-level vulnerability affecting Linux systems has been addressed with the recent patch for CVE-2025-68744, which fixes a subtle but significant memory leak in eBPF's percpu hash and...
How a Stale Cache Bug in OCFS2 Can Crash Your Linux Server—and the Fix You Need Now
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40233, can cause system-crashing kernel panics on servers using the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2). The bug, rooted in a stale...
Kernel Security Check Failure BSOD fix: Update drivers and check RAM first
The sudden appearance of a blue screen labeled Kernel Security Check Failure can turn a routine work session into an urgent troubleshooting exercise, but this stop code is actually Windows doing its...
Microsoft Patches High-Severity CVE-2025-40011 Null Pointer Flaw in Intel Oak Trail GMA500 HDMI Driver
Microsoft has released a critical kernel patch addressing CVE-2025-40011, a null pointer dereference vulnerability in Intel's GMA500 graphics driver affecting Oak Trail platform devices. The security...
AMD RDNA4 GPUs Run AI Inference Faster on Linux Than Windows 11, New Benchmarks Show
When Phoronix pitted identical AMD hardware against itself in a cross-platform AI face-off, the results surprised no one who follows open-source driver development: Linux, armed with the latest...
LatencyMon Exposes the Hidden Kernel Interrupts Causing Windows Micro-Stutters
A free tool built for audio engineers has become the unlikely detective for system-wide Windows stutters. LatencyMon, a lightweight utility from Resplendence Software, isolates the sub-millisecond...
CVE-2025-53136: Windows 11 Update Leaks Kernel Pointers, Defeating KASLR
Microsoft's attempt to seal a kernel security hole has backfired. A patch originally shipped in October 2024 to fix CVE-2024-43511 inadvertently created a new vulnerability—tracked as...
Windows 11 Canary 27943: HDR and Storage Scan Fixed, but Arm64 Bug Persists
Windows enthusiasts running the bleeding‑edge Canary channel got a welcome dose of practical polish this week when Microsoft shipped Build 27943, a maintenance flight that squashes two particularly...