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Live patching is gaining the momentum - see Ksplice, Kpatch, kGraft, XEN and similar
by sst8 10y ago
Live patching is gaining the momentum - see Ksplice, Kpatch, kGraft, XEN and similar
- guipsp 10y agoThis is not live patching.
- j_s 10y agoA 0patch employee stopped by to explain that they live patch user mode only at this point on Windows, kernel mode is a future goal. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13782830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13782830
- Dylan16807 10y agoExcept with microsoft where they have stopped using their live patching code and just force reboots on the user.
- Quppa 10y agoIndeed - hotpatching support was removed in Windows 8. Apparently it was only ever used in a few updates, and some unscrupulous folks took advantage of the capability: https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/hacking-group-platinum-used-windows-own-patching-system-against-it/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/hacking-group-plati...