In this article, we focus on the main ftrace pros and cons and describe some unexpected surprises we’ve faced when hooking Linux kernel functions with this utility.

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 1: Looking for the Perfect Solution

by Apriorit Inc

Two theoretical ways to protect a Linux kernel module from hooks.

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Kernel

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

1 Nov 2018

Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

assembler

C++

Windows

Win64

Comparison of User Mode and Kernel Mode Applications for Modifying HTTP Traffic

7 Nov 2018

Apriorit Inc, gamapat

Take a look at how to intercept HTTP traffic in order to inject custom code into Windows HTML markup

The OX Boot Loader

5 Sep 2013

Roger Doss

The OX kernel features its own custom boot loader designed to boot a 32 bit protected mode kernel.

NASM

ELF

kernel

KmTest: kernel-mode C++ unit testing framework in BDD-style

18 Jan 2017

Sergey Podobry

How-to guide about using KmTest for writing kernel-mode unit tests

How to Debug the Linux Kernel with QEMU and Libvirt

1 Mar 2019

Apriorit Inc, Sergii Kusii

And its modules during runtime

Intel(R) System Studio Developer Story : With Intel ® JTAG debugger and MinnowBoard MAX, how to debug exception errors in the Android-Linux-Kernel.

1 Sep 2015

Android on Intel

In this article, we can see how to debug and check the exception error in Android Linux Kernel in Intel ® Architecture-based system with Intel ® JTAG Debugger which is a part of tool Intel System Studio ® Ultimate Edition

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 1: Looking for the Perfect Solution

9 Jan 2019

Apriorit Inc

Two theoretical ways to protect a Linux kernel module from hooks.

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 3: What Are the Main Pros and Cons of Ftrace?

17 Jan 2019

Apriorit Inc

In this article, we focus on the main ftrace pros and cons and describe some unexpected surprises we’ve faced when hooking Linux kernel functions with this utility.

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 2: How to Hook Functions with Ftrace

22 Jan 2019

Apriorit Inc, Sergey Stepanchuk

Learn how you can use ftrace to hook critical function calls in the Linux kernel

File System Notification Kit (FSNK) Introduction

9 Jul 2014

SoftPerfect Research

Introduction in the File System Notification Kit (FSNK) product for monitoring file system activity in real-time.

Virtual Volume Software Development Kit (VV SDK) Online User Guide

9 Jul 2014

SoftPerfect Research

Virtual Volume Software Development Kit (VV SDK) is a developer’s toolkit for creating virtual disks.

FlingOS: Teaching OS dev in C#

16 Sep 2015

Ed Nutting

In this article I discuss the innovative approach, taken by FlingOS, to teaching OS and low-level development to high-level developers using C#.

MSIL

Dev

kernel

Create Your Own Kernel In C

13 Jan 2018

Pritam Zope

In this article we will create a simple kernel such as printing HelloWorld first and then writing functions for printing numbers, Keyboard I/O, Box Drawing GUI, and Tic-Tac-Toe game in kernel in C