Articles from October 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in October 2025
CVE-2025-11840: Critical Binutils Vulnerability Threatens Development Tools
A newly discovered security vulnerability in GNU Binutils has sent shockwaves through the development community, with CVE-2025-11840 exposing systems to potential exploitation through an...
Linux Kernel 9p Race Fix CVE-2025-40027 Patches Use-After-Free in KASAN Bug Hunt
A critical race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's 9p client implementation has been patched with CVE-2025-40027, addressing a double list deletion issue that could lead to system...
Samsung Internet for Windows Beta Adds Galaxy AI, Syncs with Phones
Samsung has officially launched its popular mobile browser on Windows with a new beta release that brings Galaxy AI features, seamless cross-device synchronization, and enhanced privacy controls to...
Linux Kernel NFC Vulnerability CVE-2025-40043: Critical Input Validation Fix
The Linux kernel development team has urgently addressed a significant security vulnerability designated CVE-2025-40043, which affects the NFC NCI (Near Field Communication - NFC Controller...
Linux FastRPC Patch Fixes Critical Kernel Resource Leak Vulnerability CVE-2025-40036
The Linux kernel development community has addressed a significant security vulnerability in the FastRPC driver that could lead to kernel resource leaks and potential system instability....
CVE-2025-40039: Linux ksmbd Race Condition Threatens Windows-Linux SMB Security
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ksmbd subsystem has been patched, addressing a race condition that could allow attackers to crash systems or potentially execute arbitrary code. Tracked...
Linux Kernel SquashFS Vulnerability CVE-2025-40049: What Windows Users Need to Know
A critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SquashFS filesystem implementation has been patched, addressing CVE-2025-40049, which could allow attackers to read uninitialized memory from...
Linux Kernel UIO Race Condition Fix: CVE-2025-40048 Security Update
A significant security vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Hyper-V UIO driver has been addressed with a critical patch that fundamentally changes how interrupt masking is handled. CVE-2025-40048,...
Linux NBD Kernel Security: CVE-2025-40080 Fixes Socket Validation Flaw
The Linux kernel's Network Block Device (NBD) subsystem has received critical security hardening with the recent CVE-2025-40080 patch, which specifically restricts accepted socket types to TCP and...
Manually Activate Windows 11’s New Start Menu via KB5067036 Using ViVeTool
Microsoft has quietly begun testing a significant redesign of the Windows 11 Start Menu through optional preview update KB5067036, marking one of the most substantial interface changes since the...
Linux Kernel CVE-2025-40033 Patch: Critical Fix for PRU Remoteproc Vulnerability
The Linux kernel development community has released a crucial security patch addressing CVE-2025-40033, a vulnerability affecting the PRU (Programmable Real-time Unit) remoteproc driver that could...
Linux Kernel CVE-2025-40032 Patch Fixes Critical PCI Endpoint Vulnerability
The Linux kernel development team has released a crucial security patch addressing a NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability in the PCI endpoint test driver (pci-epf-test), tracked as CVE-2025-40032....