Security News > 2021 > February > Intel fixes vulnerabilities in Windows, Linux graphics drivers

Intel addressed 57 security vulnerabilities during this month's Patch Tuesday, including high severity ones impacting Intel Graphics Drivers.

The security bugs are detailed in the 19 security advisories published by Intel on its Product Security Center, with security and functional updates being delivered to users through the Intel Platform Update process.

The bug behind it is an insufficient control flow management issue in the kernel mode driver for some Intel graphics drivers prior to version 15.36.39.5145.

Intel graphics driver vulnerabilities patched this month affect multiple Intel processor generations up to the 10th generation, codenamed Comet Lake, and impact several Windows and Linux driver versions.

On Tuesday, Apple also released security updates that fix two arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Intel graphics drivers.

KB4589212: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 2004 and 20H2, and Windows Server, version 2004 and 20H2 KB4589211: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1903 and 1909, and Windows Server, version 1903 and 1909 KB4589208: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 KB4589206: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1803 KB4589210: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 KB4589198: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1507.

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