Security Alerts
The latest Security Alerts coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Linux Kernel CVE-2025-40042: Race Condition in kprobe Initialization Threatens System Stability
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel, identified as CVE-2025-40042, exposes systems to potential kernel crashes through a race condition in kprobe initialization that can trigger NULL-pointer...
CVE-2025-40077: How a Single-Line F2FS Fix Prevents Linux Kernel Overflow
The Linux kernel community has addressed a subtle but significant security vulnerability designated CVE-2025-40077, affecting the Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS) implementation. This security flaw,...
Linux KVM SVM Fastpath Fix Prevents Host Instability Issues
A critical Linux kernel vulnerability affecting KVM's SVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine Secure Virtual Machine) implementation has been patched, addressing a subtle but potentially serious issue that...
Healthcare ASP.NET Security Flaws Expose Sensitive Data: Patch Now
A critical security vulnerability in Vertikal Systems' Hospital Manager Backend Services has exposed healthcare organizations to significant data breach risks, with two information-disclosure flaws...
DoS bug CVE-2024-10085 hits Schneider Electric OPC UA Server without authentication
A critical denial-of-service vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-10085 has been discovered in Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure OPC UA Server Expert, posing significant risks to industrial control...
Microsoft Releases Emergency WSUS Patch for Critical RCE Vulnerability CVE-2025-59287
Microsoft has issued an urgent out-of-band security update to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), tracked as CVE-2025-59287, after initial...
CISA KEV Catalog Adds Critical Magento & WSUS Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has escalated its security warnings by adding two critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, signaling...
LZ4 CVE-2025-62813 DoS Vulnerability: Complete Patch Guide for Windows
A critical denial-of-service vulnerability in the widely used LZ4 compression library has been identified as CVE-2025-62813, posing significant stability and supply-chain risks for Windows systems...
Linux Btrfs CVE-2022-49469 Fix Prevents Memory Leak DoS Attacks
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Btrfs filesystem has been addressed with a simple but effective code reordering fix that prevents potential denial-of-service attacks. CVE-2022-49469,...
CVE-2022-49552: Linux Kernel BPF JIT Vulnerability Analysis and Security Impact
The Linux kernel community recently addressed a significant security vulnerability designated CVE-2022-49552, which exposed a subtle but critical correctness bug in the BPF JIT (Just-In-Time)...
CVE-2022-49173: How SPI Polling Timeout Threatens Linux System Availability
A critical vulnerability in Linux kernel's SPI subsystem, designated CVE-2022-49173, exposes systems to denial-of-service attacks through a missing timeout mechanism in low-level polling loops. This...
CVE-2022-49635: Linux i915 Graphics Driver Vulnerability Explained
A critical subtraction overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Intel i915 graphics driver selftests, tracked as CVE-2022-49635, has been patched after discovery revealed it could lead to kernel...