Kernel runtime integrity using processor assists

Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for locating operating system (OS) kernel information and user mode code in physical memory, wherein the kernel information includes kernel code and kernel read only data, and specifying permissions for the kernel information and the user code in an exten...

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Main Authors Tseng Kuo-Lang, Zhang Dongsheng, Vipat Harshawardhan, Castelino Manohar R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.11.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for locating operating system (OS) kernel information and user mode code in physical memory, wherein the kernel information includes kernel code and kernel read only data, and specifying permissions for the kernel information and the user code in an extended page table (EPT). Additionally, systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for switching, in accordance with the permissions, between view instances of the EPT in response to one or more hardware virtualization exceptions.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514998060