January 4, 2018 - KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)
Applies to: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Improvements and fixes
This security update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of update
KB4054518 (released December 12, 2017) and addresses the following issues:
- Security updates to Windows SMB Server, Windows Kernel, Microsoft Graphics Component, Internet Explorer, and Windows Graphics.
For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, see the
Security Update Guide.
Known issues in this update
Symptom
Due to an issue with some versions of Anti-Virus software, this fix is only being made applicable to the machines where the Anti virus ISV have updated the ALLOW REGKEY.
Workaround
Contact your Anti-Virus AV to confirm that their software is compatible and have set the following REGKEY on the machine
Key="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"Subkey="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat"
Value Name="cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc"
Type="REG_DWORD”
Data="0x00000000”
Symptom
Microsoft has reports of some customers with AMD devices getting into an unbootable state after installing this KB. To prevent this issue, Microsoft will temporarily pause Windows OS updates to devices with impacted AMD processors at this time.
Workaround
Microsoft is working with AMD to resolve this issue and resume Windows OS security updates to the affected AMD devices via Windows Update and WSUS as soon as possible. If you have experienced an unbootable state or for more information see
KB4073707. For AMD specific information please contact AMD.
How to get this update
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from
Windows Update. To get the standalone package for this update, go to the
Microsoft Update Catalog website.
File information
For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the
file information for update 4056894.