When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known as the "kernel" resides in memory ...

Not bad for 30 lines of code Hardware keeps getting faster, but it's still worth taking a step back periodically and revisiting your code. You might just uncover a little tweak that wrings out more ...

Requires substantial low-level programming projects at both user-level and within a kernel. This course satisfies the Systems breadth & project requirement. REFERENCE TEXTBOOK as Winter: Andrew S.

When a CPU generates a trap or an exception, and the operating system kernel is not able to catch that particular trap, it gives out an annoying Blue Screen with the ...

This course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux kernel drivers for Embedded devices. The Yocto build system is introduced, which ...

Last Friday, the world experienced the biggest global outage of key Windows PC infrastructure in history — this issue, caused ...

Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities impact 78 subsystems, leaving systems open to escalation, remote code execution, and disruption.

Android security updates patch 48 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day kernel vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild.

The projected release date for Linux kernel 6.14 is late March 2025; expect it to start hitting distribution repositories after that date. Since this is a rather small release, Torvalds expects the ...

Specifically, Weingarten questioned the practices around CrowdStrike’s interactions with the core control center of the Windows operating system, known as the Windows kernel. After examining how ...