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CVE-2025-40201: Linux Kernel Race Condition in Process Limits - Analysis & Windows Implications
A subtle but critical race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's process-limit handling mechanism has been officially documented as CVE-2025-40201, revealing fundamental security challenges...
Patch your Xbox: CVE-2025-53768 lets attackers hijack Windows SYSTEM access
Microsoft has confirmed a critical local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Xbox component chain, tracked as CVE-2025-53768, that affects Windows systems with Xbox services enabled. This...
Microsoft PC Manager Vulnerability Leaks Passwords — Patch Available
Microsoft has confirmed a troubling security flaw in PC Manager, its free system maintenance utility for Windows, that stores sensitive information in plain text, leaving credentials and other...
Microsoft’s June Patch Fixes Storport Driver Flaw That Could Expose Kernel Memory and Defeat ASLR
Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday quietly resolved a local information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Storage Port Driver (storport.sys) that could allow authenticated attackers to read...