Applies ToWindows 11 version 21H2, all editions

Release Date:

11/06/2024

Version:

OS Build 22000.3019

For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows 11, version 21H2, see its update history page

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Highlights  

  • This update addresses security issues for your Windows operating system. 

Improvements

This security update includes improvements. When you install this KB:

  • New! This update affects Server Message Block (SMB) over Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC). It turns on the SMB over QUIC client certificate authentication feature. Admins can use it to restrict which clients can access SMB over QUIC servers. To learn more, see Configure SMB over QUIC client access control in Windows Server.

  • This update affects the version of curl.exe that isin Windows. The version number is now 8.7.1.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects lsass.exe. It stops responding. This occurs after you install the April 2024 security updates on Windows servers.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects a machine that hosts a remote desktop session. You get stop error RDR_FILE_SYSTEM (0x27). Because of this, all users are signed out from the machine.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects a Microsoft Entra ID account. Devices cannot authenticate a second one. This occurs after you install the Windows update, dated November 13, 2023.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). When you use them with SMBdirect in your networks, the networks fail. You also lose the ability to manage clusters.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects Containers. They do not move past the “ContainerCreating” status.

  • This update brings Country and Operator Settings Asset (COSA) profiles up to date for certain mobile operators.

  • This update addresses an issue that might stop your system from resuming from hibernate. This occurs after you turn on BitLocker.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC). The issue copies unsigned WDAC policies to the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) disk partition. It is reserved for signed policies.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects Enhanced Fast Reconnect. It fails. This occurs when you use it with third-party remote desktop protocol (RDP) providers.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects dsamain.exe. It stops responding. This occurs when the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) runs evaluations.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects lsass.exe. It leaks memory. This occurs during a Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) Remote Protocol (LSARPC) call.

  • This update addresses an issue that affects a cloud file. Windows deletes it, even though the cloud provider has canceled the delete request.

  • Starting in this update, File Explorer adds the Mark of the Web (MoTW) tag to files and folders that come from untrusted locations. When MapUrlToZone classifies a file as “Internet,” that file also gets this tag. Because of this change, the “LastWriteTime” time stamp is updated. This might affect some scenarios that rely on file copy operations.

If you installed earlier updates, only the new updates contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.

For more information about security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide website and the June 2024 Security Updates.

Windows 11 servicing stack update (KB5039344) - 22000.3010

This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) ensure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.

Known issues in this update

Applies to

Symptom

Workaround

All users

After installing this update, you might be unable to change your user account profile picture.

When attempting to change a profile picture by selecting the button Start> Settings> Accounts > Your info, and then selecting Choose a file, you might receive an error message with error code 0x80070520.

After further investigation, we concluded this issue has very limited or no impact for this Windows version.  

If you encounter this issue on a Windows 11, version 21H2 device, please contact Windows support for help. ​​​​​​​

How to get this update

Before you install this update

Microsoft combines the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system with the latest cumulative update (LCU). For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates and Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions

Install this update

To install this update, use one of the following Windows and Microsoft release channels.

Available

Next Step

Yes

None. This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from Windows Update and Microsoft Update.

Available

Next Step

Yes

None. This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from Windows Update for Business in accordance with configured policies.

Available

Next Step

Yes

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Available

Next Step

Yes

This update will automatically sync with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) if you configure Products and Classifications as follows:

Product: Windows 11

Classification: Security Updates

If you want to remove the LCU

To remove the LCU after installing the combined SSU and LCU package, use the DISM/Remove-Package command line option with the LCU package name as the argument. You can find the package name by using this command: DISM /online /get-packages.

Running Windows Update Standalone Installer (wusa.exe) with the /uninstall switch on the combined package will not work because the combined package contains the SSU. You cannot remove the SSU from the system after installation.

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 5039213

For a list of the files that are provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU (KB5039344) - version 22000.3010.  

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