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Kernel Driver Vulnerabilities

Kernel Driver Vulnerabilities is a type of privilege escalation vulnerability that specifically arises from flaws or weaknesses in kernel-mode device drivers, distinguishing it from other privilege escalation vectors by its exploitation of software components operating at the highest privilege level within an operating system’s kernel.

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1.6K

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52

Authors

17

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

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Improving the reliability of commodity operating systems

Michael M. Swift, Brian N. Bershad, Henry M. Levy · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems · 2005 · 344 citations

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Improving the reliability of commodity operating systems

Michael M. Swift, Brian N. Bershad, Henry M. Levy · 2003 · 215 citations

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Improving the reliability of commodity operating systems

Michael M. Swift, Brian N. Bershad, Henry M. Levy · ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review · 2003 · 202 citations

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Faults in linux

Nicolas Palix, Gaël Thomas, Suman Saha et al. · 2011 · 199 citations

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DIFUZE

Jake Corina, Aravind Machiry, Christopher Salls et al. · 2017 · 154 citations

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1–5 of 20

Authors

52

  1. MM
    Michael M. Swift

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    5 publications · 805 citations

    5

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  2. HM
    Henry M. Levy

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 774 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. BN
    Brian N. Bershad

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 774 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. GM
    Gilles Muller

    Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, France

    3 publications · 229 citations

    3

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  5. NP
    Nicolas Palix

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 publications · 229 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 52

Institutions

17

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique

    Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France

    4 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    229 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    147 citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    154 citations

  8. National University of Defense Technology

    Changsha, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

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Venues

  1. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

    1 publications · 33 citations

    1

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  2. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review

    1 publications · 202 citations

    1

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  3. USENIX Security Symposium

    Conference · 1 publications · 64 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. ACM SIGPLAN Notices

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

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  5. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems

    TOCS · 1 publications · 344 citations

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