… Specifically, the kernel driver psmounterex.sys, which enables mounting of backup images as virtual drives, is being flagged and blocked by the OS after the latest Windows 11 updates. …
Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 7.1-rc3, stating that the unusually large patch sizes, likely due to the use of AI tools in coding, wasn’t just a blip and is in fact the new normal for the kernel. This cycle saw networking patches dominate, at a third of all updates and fixes. …
… Drivers made up about half the patch, with GPUs leading the way. The rest of the update is mostly networking, core kernel, filesystems, and arch updates. …
… Microsoft has urged security teams to patch affected kernels as soon as vendor updates become available. …
… The Redmond tech giant will enhance the architecture of its platform by hardening kernel drivers, performance updates to PCIe devices with Direct Memory Access DMA support, introduction of the I3C class driver, and improvements to first-party class drivers in Windows 11. …
… As part of that groundwork, the patches also add the necessary kernel-side support to read this value from the CPC object when available. …
… This week, the changes for drivers are all over the place, affecting GPUs, networking, USB, serial, sound, and SCSI. There are also core networking and self-test updates. …
… Security updates include OpenSSL 3.5.5 and OpenSSH 9.9p1, plus the team re-added drivers for hardware like the HP Smart Array and several Mellanox ConnectX adapters. …
… It is also meant to be user-friendly as u nlike traditional Arch Linux setups, CachyOS includes tools that automatically detect hardware and install the right drivers. …
… For anyone wondering, the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver cldflt.sys is a kernel-level file system minifilter that supports cloud-sync features such as OneDrive’s Files On-Demand. …