November’s most popular day in the United States is arguably the fourth Thursday of the month – Thanksgiving Day. In the Tech industry, however, it is the second Tuesday of the month – yesterday to be exact – that garners heightened interest. The reason for the additional interest is that the second Tuesday of the month means Microsoft Patch Tuesday.
And this month in particular there was a bit more interest in Patch Tuesday than is ordinary, only the added interest was not due to the patches released by Microsoft; in fact, those were quite light. It was a kernel patch NOT released that drew the greatest attention.