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The latest Azure Linux coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2025-37956: Linux ksmbd Patch Exposes Microsoft Azure Security Gaps
A seemingly minor security patch for the Linux kernel's in-kernel SMB server, ksmbd, has escalated into a significant discussion about transparency, responsibility, and the complex relationship...
Azure Linux CVE-2025-37943 Security Advisory: Critical Kernel Vulnerability Analysis
Microsoft's recent security advisory for CVE-2025-37943 has raised significant concerns among cloud administrators and security professionals, revealing that the Azure Linux distribution contains...
CVE-2025-37936: Critical Linux Kernel Bug Threatens Azure & WSL Security
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel's performance monitoring subsystem has raised significant security concerns for Microsoft's cloud infrastructure and Windows Subsystem for Linux...
CVE-2025-37905: Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Impact, But Your Other Systems May Still Be Vulnerable
Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE-2025-37905, confirming that Azure Linux is potentially affected by a memory leak in the Linux kernel’s ARM SCMI driver. The...
CVE-2025-37915: Microsoft's Azure Linux Vulnerability & Attestation Explained
Microsoft's recent security advisory regarding CVE-2025-37915 has raised important questions about vulnerability management in cloud-native environments, particularly concerning how Microsoft handles...
Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Is Affected by CVE-2025-37909—But Other Microsoft Kernels May Carry the Same Flaw
Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution is potentially affected by a kernel memory leak in the Microchip LAN743x Ethernet driver, tracked as CVE-2025-37909. While the advisory...
Microsoft’s Azure Linux Advisory for CVE-2025-37851: Who’s Affected and What to Patch
Microsoft’s security team published an advisory last week for CVE-2025-37851, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s aging omapfb driver. The bug—a missing validation check that could trigger an...
Microsoft Rings Alarm on Azure Linux Kernel Flaw CVE-2025-37875—Your WSL Machine Could Be Next
Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution is potentially vulnerable to a recently disclosed kernel bug, but the carefully worded advisory stops short of clearing other Microsoft...
Microsoft's Azure Linux Hit by cpupower CVE, but WSL2 and Cloud Images Remain Unchecked
On May 9, 2025, a Linux kernel maintainer patched a NULL pointer dereference in the cpupower benchmark tool, assigned CVE-2025-37841. Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution...
Azure Linux CVE-2025-37819 attestation covers source fixes but not all deployments
Microsoft's recent security attestation for its Azure Linux distribution regarding CVE-2025-37819 represents a significant development in cloud security transparency, but understanding its precise...
CVE-2025-37830 Explained: Linux SCMI cpufreq Vulnerability & Azure Linux Impact
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's power management subsystem has been assigned CVE-2025-37830, affecting systems using the SCMI cpufreq driver—including Microsoft's Azure Linux...
CVE-2025-37787: Critical Linux Kernel Patch for Azure & Enterprise Systems
A significant security vulnerability designated CVE-2025-37787 has been patched in the Linux kernel, addressing a critical NULL-pointer dereference flaw in the Marvell mv88e6xxx Distributed Switch...