November 2021 Patch Tuesday is here for Windows 11 and 10, brings security and servicing stack surprises
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If you’re rockingWindows 11or Windows 10, here’s the scoop: November 2021’s Patch Tuesday isn’t packing any particularly fun highlights or fancy feature updates. Instead, you’re getting security.
A sextet of zero-day vulnerabilities have been handled, including two that were being actively exploited (CVE-2021-42292andCVE-2021-42321).
You can check out the Windows 10 updates over on Microsoft’spatch note blog, wherein you’ll see nothing major beyond security updates and a servicing stack notification, as are standard for every Patch Tuesday. However, Microsoft does include a heads-up in its November log:
Because of minimal operations during the holidays and the upcoming Western new year, there won’t be a preview release (known as a “C” release) for the month of December 2021. There will be a monthly security release (known as a “B” release) for December 2021. Normal monthly servicing for both B and C releases will resume in January 2022.
On the Windows 11 side, there’s KB5007215, which is, again, focused on security. However, you can check out Microsoft’ssupport bulletinfor more details, one of which includes that a GDI+ issue has been remedied. And as always, servicing stack updates are present, because that’s what happens on Patch Tuesday.
In summary, a low-key month for updates. There’s a chance that based on Microsoft’s notice regarding December (posted above), the final month of 2021 may also be light on content. That is, unless something massive crops up that pushes Microsoft into overdrive. Like, say, aprint nightmare.
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