Microsoft released several security updates recently to protect against the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. However, several of these caused some real issues with AMD powered systems. For now, Microsoft has paused the updates from being delivered to AMD systems. Intel powered systems are still receiving the updates.
“After investigating, Microsoft has determined that some AMD chipsets do not conform to the documentation previously provided to Microsoft to develop the Windows operating system mitigations to protect against the chipset vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown. To prevent AMD customers from getting into an unbootable state, Microsoft will temporarily pause sending the following Windows operating system updates to devices with impacted AMD processors at this time:
The updates include
- January 3, 2018–KB4056897 (Security-only update)
- January 9, 2018–KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)
- January 3, 2018–KB4056888 (OS Build 10586.1356)
- January 3, 2018–KB4056892 (OS Build 16299.192)
- January 3, 2018–KB4056891 (OS Build 15063.850)
- January 3, 2018–KB4056890 (OS Build 14393.2007)
- January 3, 2018–KB4056898 (Security-only update)
- January 3, 2018–KB4056893 (OS Build 10240.17735)
- January 9, 2018–KB4056895 (Monthly Rollup)
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