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Storport.sys is the Microsoft storage port driver used by modern Windows systems to provide kernel-level access to storage controllers and devices. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover security vulnerabilities in Storport, including CVE-2025-59192 (a buffer over-read that could allow local privilege escalation) and CVE-2025-32722 (an information disclosure issue patched in June 2025). Other threads address storage problems linked to Windows 11 24H2 updates, such as NVMe drives disappearing under heavy writes and BSODs on certain SSDs, as well as historical fixes for nonpaged pool leaks, Driver Verifier crashes, and improved logging in Storport.sys. These topics are relevant for IT administrators and users troubleshooting storage driver issues on Windows.
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    CVE-2025-59192: Urgent Patch for Windows Storport Buffer Over-Read

    Microsoft has added CVE-2025-59192 to its October security rollup: a buffer over‑read in the Storport.sys Windows storage driver that Microsoft says can be abused by a locally authorized attacker to gain elevated privileges, and administrators should treat the published update as an urgent...
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    Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878: NVMe/PHISON Drives Disappear Under Heavy Writes

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878) has been tied to reports that, under specific heavy-write conditions, some NVMe SSDs — particularly Phison-controller models — and a small number of HDDs can become inaccessible and in some cases suffer file corruption, prompting...
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    • 24h2 backup data corruption data recovery dram-less drivers enterprise it firmware heavy-writes hmb kb5063878 nvme pause updates phison ssd storage storport windows 11 windows update
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    Windows 11 24H2 Storage Woes: HMB, BSODs, and 2025 SSD Regression

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 rollout has already spawned two separate storage headaches: an earlier compatibility surge that produced looping Blue Screens of Death (BSODs) on certain Western Digital and SanDisk NVMe drives, and a later August 12, 2025 cumulative patch (KB5063878, OS Build...
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    • bsod data corruption drive-disappearance hmb host memory buffer kb5063878 nvme nvme ssd os build 26100.4946 phison registry-hmb sandisk ssd firmware ssd-regression storage stack storport western digital windows 11 windows 11 24h2
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    Windows Storage Port Driver Info Disclosure: Patch June 2025 (CVE-2025-32722)

    Note: I couldn’t find any authoritative record for CVE-2025-53156 in the major public vulnerability databases (MSRC / NVD / MITRE / CVE.circl / CVE Details) as of August 12, 2025. The Storage Port Driver information-disclosure vulnerability widely reported in Microsoft’s June 2025 updates is...
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    • aslr august 2025 cve-2025-32722 defense in depth detection edr endpoint security information disclosure kaslr kernel-address-disclosure local access local vulnerability patch privilege escalation security updates storage storport storport_sys sysmon windows
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