Last night was the second Tuesday of the month, which meant it was Patch Tuesday time. As such, Microsoft released the security update for Windows 11, Windows 10, as well as for Windows 8.1, and Windows 7.
Among others, the latest November Patch Tuesday fixes a
Spectre Variant 2 like AMD CPU vulnerability tracked under ID "CVE-2022-23824" which affects almost all AMD Ryzen, EPYC, and Athlon desktop, notebook and server processor SKUs. The latest Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 chips however are not affected.
Hence, users running an AMD system, barring the latest Ryzen 7000 chips, are advised to update their Windows PCs. You can either use Windows Update in Settings to automatically download the update or manually grab the standalone updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Find the links in the articles below:
Alongside the CPU vulnerability, AMD has also shared details about several security flaws affecting its graphics too. The company released graphics drivers and AGESA updates to fix the issue in its GPUs and integrated graphics, respectively.
In case of the Radeon RX 5000 and RX 6000 series GPUs, the issue is patched with the
Radeon 22.5.2 driver. If you are already on
a newer driver, you need not have to worry. For PRO series cards, you can grab the
AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q2 or any newer driver. For AGESA firmware updates, you can head over to
AMD's official website to find more details.
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