Applies To.NET

IMPORTANT

This update was originally released in the Security and Quality Rollup that’s dated October 22, 2024.  This update is included in the Security and Quality Rollup that’s dated November 12, 2024.  There is no change to this update with this release on November 12, 2024.  If you have previously installed this update no action is needed.

Release Date:October 24, 2024

Version:.NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1

The October 24, 2024 update for Windows 11, version 24H2 includes security and cumulative reliability improvements in .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1. We recommend that you apply this update as part of your regular maintenance routines. Before you install this update, see the Prerequisites and Restart requirement sections.

Summary

Security Improvements

There are no new security improvements in this release. This update is cumulative and contains all previously released security improvements.

Quality and Reliability Improvements

ASP.NET

- Addresses an issue where "The type initializer for ‘System.Web.UI.Util’ threw an exception." error with design-time compilation in Visual Studio for .NET Framework ASP.Net projects.

CLR1

- Address an issue where in rare cases where an infinite loop could occur when a thread enters CLR for the first time.

- Address an issue in cases where incorrect interface call devirtualization could occur when JIT optimizations are enabled.

- Addresses an issue with out of memory exceptions during garbage collection while running applications running under job limits.

.NET Fundamentals

- Addresses an issue with .NET API UserPrincipal.GetAuthorizationGroups to retrieve the Membership of a particular user.

1Common Language Runtime (CLR)

Known issues in this update

Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues in this update.

How to get this update

Install this update

Release Channel

Available

Next Step

Windows Update and Microsoft Update

Yes

Go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. In the Optional updates available area, you’ll find the link to download and install the update.

Windows Update for Business

Yes

Go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. In the Optional updates available area, you’ll find the link to download and install the update.

Microsoft Update Catalog

Yes

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

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

yes

This update will automatically sync with WSUS if you configure Products and Classifications as follows:

Product: Windows 11, version 24H2

Classification: Updates

File information

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

Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.8.1 installed.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this update if any affected files are being used. We recommend that you exit all .NET Framework-based applications before you apply this update.

How to obtain help and support for this update

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