not to my knowledge, but i can't confirm servers are back up and patcher is working correctly anyway. I only saw patch message regarding instance zone stability issues and feedback on anchors.
servrs are back up but server transfers are not working atm .. not even available in marketplace.... bologna
I don't think the kernel needs 'fixing'. They have ended support for XP and Vista so it wasn't really something that needed fixing.
The kernel is not broke. Your OS is broke is you have Vista or XP, as support for both has been discontinued.