Microsoft Defender Antivirus has recently begun flagging the WinRing0 driver as a security threat, specifically identifying it as "VulnerableDriver:WinNT/Winring0." This detection is valid due to known vulnerabilities in the driver, notably documented under CVE-2020-14979.
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Microsoft has released Windows 10 Release Preview build 19045.5794 (KB5055612), introducing two key fixes:
Graphics: Addressed a case-sensitive issue in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) that could cause GPU paravirtualization support to fail.
OS Security: Updated the Windows Kernel...
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