arm64

The Linux kernel fix tracked as CVE-2025-38170 addresses a subtle ARM64 context-switch bug in the FPSIMD/SME handling: under certain preemption and trap conditions the kernel could reuse stale floating-point/vector state, triggering unexpected SME traps and kernel warnings. Microsoft’s Security...

A subtle bounds-checking bug in the Linux kernel’s ARM64 NEON crypto path — tracked as CVE-2024-26789 — can cause out-of-bounds memory accesses when processing short AES-CTR inputs; the flaw has been patched upstream by cloning a small but crucial workaround (temporary-buffering of sub‑16‑byte...

I’ve spent the past year using an Arm-based Surface Laptop 15 with a Snapdragon X Elite and 32 GB of RAM as a daily driver, and the short, practical answer to “is app compatibility still a problem on Windows 11 ARM?” is: not the way it used to be, but the caveats matter. The platform’s new...

Idemia Public Security’s updated Smart Credential Minidriver finally brings native ARM64 support to the Windows 11 authentication stack, promising a single, Microsoft‑aligned path for certificate‑based smart‑card and USB‑key logon across ARM64, Intel, and AMD devices — a move that, if validated...

IDEMIA Public Security’s announcement that its Smart Credential Minidriver now offers full ARM64 support for the Microsoft Windows 11 ecosystem is a pragmatic and timely update for enterprises balancing high‑assurance certificate workflows with the rapid adoption of ARM‑based Windows devices...

FluentFlyout’s newest release finally delivers two headline features many Windows 11 power users have been waiting for: native ARM64 builds and multi‑monitor / per‑display flyout placement, alongside a collection of polish fixes and taskbar widget improvements that make the app feel more...

FluentFlyout’s latest release finally brings native ARM64 support, meaning the polished flyouts that many Windows 11 users now rely on will run natively on Qualcomm Snapdragon X family devices and other ARM64 Windows PCs without emulation. Background FluentFlyout is an open-source utility that...

Microsoft appears to be quietly funding an ambitious effort — codenamed “Project Strong ARMed” in recent hiring adverts — to accelerate the migration of large x64 codebases to Arm64 across some parts of the company using AI-powered software engineering agents. The public fragments (job listings...

The Linux kernel received a small but important patch that removes an unnecessary warning in the ARM64 MTE codepath when copy_highpage copies into a page that may already carry an MTE tag — a fix tracked as CVE-2025-40353 and already merged into the stable trees to prevent spurious WARNs during...

Microsoft has taken a concrete step to remove a longstanding friction point for enterprise adoption of Arm-based Windows hardware by bringing Windows Admin Center natively to Arm-based Copilot+ PCs, restoring full High Availability (HA) gateway support and reinvigorating automated, silent...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a fix to the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool that restores reliability for USB-based installations and clears a recent compatibility headache that left some users — notably those still on Windows 10 and ARM64 devices — unable to create installation media. The...

Early adopters bought Copilot+ PCs promising “all‑day battery life” and on‑device AI, but a growing thread of real‑world reports — from students who can’t run SQL Server to owners of ASUS Vivobook S15s wrestling with driver and firmware chaos — shows a painful gap between Microsoft’s marketing...

The first images and benchmark footage suggesting a discrete Chinese GPU running native 3D tests on an Arm-based Windows PC arrived like a burr of cold air through the GPU market: Lisuan’s 7G106 was shown executing 3DMark on a Windows 11 ARM machine, and multiple outlets picked up the...

Microsoft has confirmed work on a brand-new, in-box low-latency USB Audio Class 2 driver for Windows on Arm that exposes a native ASIO interface and is being developed in partnership with Qualcomm and Yamaha — a move that aims to remove a long-standing friction point for musicians and audio...

Surface’s ARM-based machines run Windows the way you expect most of the time, but there are important differences to understand about software compatibility, peripheral support, and how Microsoft’s emulation roadmap changes the practical limits of these devices for power users and IT...

Microsoft's timing could not have been worse: as Windows 10 reached its end-of-support horizon, the company's most familiar consumer upgrade utility — the Media Creation Tool — began failing for many Windows 10 users, closing silently without error and leaving upgrade and recovery workflows...

Microsoft has quietly corrected a frustrating compatibility regression that left some Windows users — particularly owners of Arm64 devices and those running Windows 10 22H2 — unable to run the official Media Creation Tool (MCT) after the Windows 11 25H2 rollout, delivering the fix as part of the...

Microsoft has quietly corrected a frustrating hiccup that left some users unable to create Windows installation media on Arm-based machines: the Media Creation Tool failure tied to build 26100.6584 is listed as fixed in the October preview cumulative update KB5067036, which also bundles a broad...

Microsoft quietly fixed a nagging compatibility problem that left some Windows users unable to run the Media Creation Tool on Arm64 hosts, pushing the remedy into the October/November preview update KB5067036 while also bundling a raft of visible Windows 11 feature changes — including the...

Microsoft has acknowledged that its Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is failing to run on some ARM-based PCs after the 25H2 rollout, leaving Arm64 users and device builders with a frustrating roadblock when they try to create installation media directly from an Arm device. Background Microsoft...