For Windows version 1803 and later versions, if your platform supports the new Kernel DMA Protection feature, we recommend that you leverage that feature to mitigate Thunderbolt DMA …

Describes how to open a disk file from a kernel mode device driver and how to read from or write to the file. This article also provides some code examples to illustrate how to perform these tasks.

Hardware enforced stack protection works by preventing attacks that modify return addresses in kernel-mode memory to launch malicious code. This security feature requires a CPU that …

May 12, 2025 · [OS Security] Updates to the Windows Kernel Vulnerable Driver Blocklist (DriverSiPolicy.p7b). Additions have been made to blocklist drivers with security vulnerabilities …

Jul 14, 2009 · This article introduces an update that installs Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) version 1.9 on Windows operating systems. KMDF supports kernel-mode drivers that …

Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) supports kernel-mode drivers that are written specifically to use it. KMDF driver packages that are built by using Windows Driver Kit for Windows 8 can …

When the operating system has many threads running across all processes, and multiple BizTalk host instances are running simultaneously, thread enumeration in the throttling control …

Jan 3, 2018 · This update addresses an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows kernel in the 64-Bit (x64) version of Windows. This vulnerability is documented in CVE-2018-1038.

Jul 12, 2016 · MS16-090: Description of the security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers: July 12, 2016 Applies To

This is also known as a stop code error, a bug check, a kernel error, or a Blue Screen error, or BSOD. Basic troubleshooting steps for Windows 10 blue screens and stop code errors

This article introduces an update that installs Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) version 1.11 on Windows operating systems. KMDF supports kernel-mode drivers that are written …