Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
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....
Linux Kernel IPv4 Security Patch Fixes Critical Race Condition CVE-2025-40074
Linux kernel developers have addressed a significant security vulnerability in IPv4 networking code that could have led to use-after-free conditions and potential system compromise. The patch,...
CVE-2025-40026: Critical KVM Fastpath Vulnerability Threatens Linux Virtualization
A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) subsystem, tracked as CVE-2025-40026, has raised significant concerns in the virtualization security...
CVE-2025-40035: uinput Fix Patches Uninitialized Kernel Memory Leak
A critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel's uinput subsystem has been patched this week, addressing an information disclosure flaw that could expose sensitive kernel memory contents to...