Microsoft released a number of emergency cumulative updates today, fixing a chipset vulnerability that was found recently. There are, of course, other fixes and improvements included.
Today, a security vulnerability was found that affects pretty much every PC on the market. Chips from Intel, AMD, and ARM are affected, as are Windows, macOS, and Linux, on the software end. macOS and Linux have already been patched, and Microsoft planned to update Windows on Tuesday, but then the news broke, and it was time to release some emergency updates .
If you’re on the Fall Creators Update, or version 1709, you’re going to see KB4056892, or build 16299.192. It can be manually downloaded here, and contains the following fixes:
It also contains some known issues to be aware of:
The rest of the updates contain smaller changelogs. If you’re on the Creators Update, or version 1703, you’ll see KB4056891, or build 15063.850, which can be manually downloaded here. This one really only contains the security fixes:
There are also a couple of known issues:
Those on the Anniversary Update, or version 1607, will get KB4056890, or build 14393.2007, and those on version 1511 will get KB4056888, or build 10586.1356. They can be manually downloaded here and here, respectively, and contain the same changelogs as build 15063.850.
As for the original version of Windows 10, now called version 1507, it can be manually downloaded here and contains the following fixes:
It contains the same two known issues as the other older versions of the OS.
Naturally, you don’t need to download any of them manually. You can go to Settings -> Update & security -> Windows Update -> Check for updates, and you’ll automatically get the ones for your version of Windows 10. You’ll also need some firmware updates before you’re completely protected from today’s security issue.
