All code that runs in kernel mode shares a single virtual address space. This means that a kernel-mode driver is not isolated from other drivers and the operating system itself.

Want to learn the internals of the Linux kernel? Version 6.5-rc5 has about 36 million lines of code in it, so good luck! [Seiya] has a different approach. Go back to the beginning and examine the ...

At Open Source Summit Japan, Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman recaps the current state and future challenges of kernel security, including the specter of government regulation and the essential ...

Now, it seems, Red Hat is releasing the source code for the kernel in one big tarball file, with all of the patches applied already.

Find out what's coming to (and what's leaving) the Linux 5.14 kernel and what Linus Torvalds said about the release.

Is there an easy way to do a sleep in kernel-mode code in FreeBSD? I need a timing-loop to stop hogging the CPU.

In short, Rust is not just another language in Linux’s toolbox, it’s a stability transformer. Rust’s entry into the Linux kernel signals more than stylistic variety, it ushers in an era of ...

Cheat deterrents like kernel drivers are raising legitimate privacy concerns. But it's not all bad news.

This means that they do not need to have their code running within the core MacOS at Ring Zero, which is where the Windows version of CrowdStrike’s Falcon needed to run.