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Windows 7 USBHUB.SYS causes memory corruption: system crashing, extremely difficult to diagnose

SomeOne99h

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2017-10 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 (KB4041681)
October 10, 2017—KB4041681 (Monthly Rollup)
Microsoft released a "security" update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of update KB4038803 (released September 19, 2017) and resolves the following issues:
  • Addressed issue with docking and undocking Internet Explorer windows.
  • Addressed issue with form submissions in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue with URL encoding in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue that prevents an element from receiving focus in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue with the rendering of a graphics element in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue where USBHUB.SYS randomly causes memory corruption that results in random system crashes that are extremely difficult to diagnose.
  • Security updates to Microsoft Windows Search Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Microsoft Graphics Component, Internet Explorer, Windows kernel, Windows Wireless Networking, Microsoft JET Database Engine, and the Windows SMB Server.

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4041681/windows-7-update-kb4041681
 
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SomeOne99h said:
2017-10 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 (KB4041681)
October 10, 2017—KB4041681 (Monthly Rollup)
Microsoft released a "security" update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of update KB4038803 (released September 19, 2017) and resolves the following issues:
  • Addressed issue with docking and undocking Internet Explorer windows.
  • Addressed issue with form submissions in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue with URL encoding in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue that prevents an element from receiving focus in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue with the rendering of a graphics element in Internet Explorer.
  • Addressed issue where USBHUB.SYS randomly causes memory corruption that results in random system crashes that are extremely difficult to diagnose.
  • Security updates to Microsoft Windows Search Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Microsoft Graphics Component, Internet Explorer, Windows kernel, Windows Wireless Networking, Microsoft JET Database Engine, and the Windows SMB Server.

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4041681/windows-7-update-kb4041681
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That specific and serious stability bug is ridicoulus to exist in such an old OS. And far more tragic to fix it now that 2 more OS have been released after that. At least they didn't leave 7 without that fix.
 
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HD64G said:
That specific and serious stability bug is ridicoulus to exist in such an old OS. And far more tragic to fix it now that 2 more OS have been released after that. At least they didn't leave 7 without that fix.
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Thing is... I posted this because I usually see people having strange unidentified "hardware" issues, however, this could be a possible cause? even when someone change his motherboard and find out it solves the problem, it could simply mean the issue isn't triggered anymore?
 
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For better reference of OS updates that screw windows up, use askwoody.com
 
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Pretty sure the BSOD would explicitly say usbhub.sys if it were related. They likely added "extremely difficult to diagnose" because logic dictates it would be caused by any USB device. Microsoft apparently discovered it was an error in the operating system, not the devices.
 
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