Microsoft’s Hotpatching Leak and New Security Risks
Microsoft's Accidental Leak Reveals New Hotpatching Feature for Windows 11
It’s frustrating when you accidentally publish something online, delete it, and then realize nothing is ever truly erased. This is precisely what happened with Microsoft, which accidentally revealed a new Windows update feature, hotpatching, but it’s only available for less than 30% of Windows 11 users.
The Hotpatching Feature
As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft is working on a solution called "hotpatching" to avoid the need for restarts after updates. Although details were posted and quickly removed, a draft document with the headline “Hotpatch for Windows (Ge) - 2024.08 B” was captured by the web archive. The document, however, only included a generic template.
Hotpatching will update the in-memory code...