Fixes Tuesday and Windows Kernel (10-11)

It was the second Tuesday of the month, and so on Tuesday Microsoft released the patch on Windows 10 (KB5027215, and others) and Windows 11 (KB5027231).

The update fixed some security issues, among other bugs, and, as is often the case, caused some additional problems as well.

On Windows 11, for example after an update, Malwarebytes got confused and started blocking Google Chrome. As far as Windows 10 is concerned, many users reported installation problems.

Microsoft has not yet confirmed any of these bugs, but has indicated that a kernel patch released for all versions of Windows (10-11) may break the operating system. This issue is tracked with ID “CVE-2023-32019”. the notes From the updated version they said:

This update addresses an issue affecting the Windows kernel. This issue is related to CVE-2023-32019.

The following is a summary of the vulnerability as provided by Microsoft:

The authenticated user (the attacker) may expose information in the Windows kernel. This vulnerability does not require administrator rights or other elevated privileges.

An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view heap memory from a privileged process running on the server.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to coordinate the attack with some other privileged process that is being run by another user on the system.

You can find the support document on the Microsoft site using the ID KB5028407.