Live kernel patching is an increasingly common trend in operating system distributions, enabling dynamic updates to include new features or to fix vulnerabilities without having to reboot the system. Patching the kernel at runtime lowers downtime and reduces the loss of useful state from running applications. However, existing kernel live patching techniques (1) rely on specific support from the target operating system, and (2) admit patch failures resulting from kernel faults.

2020 50th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN)

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