dxgkrnl

Microsoft has assigned CVE‑2026‑20814 to a recently disclosed vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel (dxgkrnl.sys) that Microsoft classifies as an elevation of privilege issue; the vendor’s Security Update Guide lists the entry and maps it to updates administrators must apply to remediate...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-62463, a DirectX Graphics Kernel vulnerability that can cause a local denial of service (DoS) by way of a null-pointer dereference in the kernel’s graphics stack; the issue is classified as a medium-severity availability defect and should be...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists a DirectX Graphics Kernel vulnerability under the CVE identifier you supplied, but the record as published is difficult to render directly and—critically—independent public trackers do not show a matching, verifiable entry for CVE-2025-59506 at the time of...

Microsoft’s October security updates close a path to system instability in the DirectX graphics stack: CVE-2025-55698 is a null pointer dereference in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that can be triggered remotely by an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) and...

Below is a long-form, operationally focused feature article about the vulnerability you cited. It summarizes what is known, flags what I could not independently corroborate, cross‑references multiple vendor sources, and gives prioritized, actionable remediation, detection, and incident‑response...

A newly catalogued vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Kernel, tracked as CVE-2025-55236, is a time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that Microsoft warns can allow an authorized local attacker to execute code on an affected host; the vendor’s advisory identifies the flaw as a...

CVE-2025-55226 is a locally exploitable race‑condition vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Kernel that allows an authenticated (local) attacker to achieve code execution in kernel context by inducing concurrent access to a shared graphics subsystem resource without proper synchronization. This...

Microsoft’s advisory listing for a DirectX Graphics Kernel race-condition that could permit local elevation of privilege — referenced by the CVE identifier the user provided (CVE-2025-55223) — cannot be located in Microsoft’s public Security Update Guide pages that are accessible without...

Below is a comprehensive technical brief on CVE-2025-53135 (DirectX Graphics Kernel — elevation of privilege via a race condition). I searched Microsoft’s Security Update Guide and the public vulnerability databases for corroborating information; where vendor-provided details are available I...

CVE-2025-50176 — DirectX Graphics Kernel Type‑Confusion RCE Author: Security Analysis Desk — August 12, 2025 TL;DR CVE-2025-50176 is a type‑confusion vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel (dxgkrnl / DirectX graphics subsystem) that Microsoft categorizes as enabling local...

Hello, Recently (a week ago) I have changed my motherboard, cpu and ram. At this moment I have the current configuration Corsair 550W PSU ASRock H170 Pro 4 Intel Core i5 6500 XFX R9 270X 4GB 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2133MHZ 120GB SSD Kingston V300 1TB WD HDD After struggling with drivers...

Hello, Please I am fighting with this problem more than 1 year... I got random freezes (99% just in IDLE time, or when i am just browsing via browser) My HARDWARE: CPU: FX-6300@4.2GHz (Default voltage) + Gelid Tranq. v2, MB: ASUS M5A97 Evo R2.0 SoundCard: Creative Audigy RAM: 2x4GB Kingston...

This occurred while i was rendering a 1080p video in Vegas Pro 11.0. The weird thing was the problematic file (dxgkrnl.sys) is nowhere to be found. It has no path whatsoever. This is causing massive fear with it being MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and installing new RAM a-while ago. Here's the DMP file in a...

Hi guys, I recently purchased a new computer and have had a couple of of BSODs pop up. BlueScreenView counted eight in total. They mostly occur immediately after I press "Shutdown". All open windows close to show the desktop picture without any icons on it (as usually happens during a normal...

I caught the last BSOD screen that indicated Atikmpag and while poking around with Nirsoft BlueScreenView I see both instances look to be the same and it pointing to dxgkrnl. Both BSOD happen while watching different Youtube videos. My PC is a 3week old HP p7-1154. This PC is replacing my old pc...

i have had lots of crashes due to bsod's regarding dxgkrnl.sys dxgkrnl.sys version: 6.1.7600.16432 i need a solution to this problem. please help and thank you.