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• BitLocker rears its head

  Posted on May 26, 2025 at 02:44 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  The headlines look alarming.

  “Windows 10 PCs are locking and crashing after May’s security update” and “Microsoft confirms KB5058379 BitLocker bug crashes Windows 10, wants recovery key.” Sounds alarming, for sure.

  But what the headlines ignore is that the issue isn’t impacting all computer systems. After the installation of KB5058379, certain systems with Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) enabled on 10th generation or later Intel vPro processors experience a Windows Automatic Repair because lsass.exe terminates unexpectedly. On systems with BitLocker enabled, the recovery key will be requested. In other words, the request for the recovery key is merely a side effect of the system not booting properly. It’s not a BitLocker bug.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.21.0, 2025-05-26).

  Patch Watch CVE-2025-32709, Extended Security Updates, Intel Processors, Intel vPro Processors, KB5055523, KB5058379, KB5058497, KB5061258, KB5061768, Newsletters, Out-of-band patches, Patch Lady Posts

• MS-DEFCON 3: Cleanup time

  Posted on April 22, 2025 at 09:29 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 22.16.1 • 2025-04-22

  

  By Susan Bradley

  After every Patch Tuesday, there is a period I call “cleanup time.”

  By the end of the week, side effects start to pop up. Even though Microsoft does not usually document its patches well, we at least know which updates have been released and have had a chance to read through the release notes.

  This time, side effects appear to be widespread. I have therefore set the MS-DEFCON level to 3. Patch as necessary but check your results carefully.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (22.16.1, 2025-04-22).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Blue screens of death, BSOD, CVE-2025-21204, CWE-59, KB5002623, KB5002700, KB5055523, KB5055526, KB5058919, KB5058920, KB5058921, KB5058922, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 3, Patch Lady Posts, Server 2025, Windows 11 24H2