Windows Kernel Programming
Windows Kernel Programming
About the Book
The book describes software kernel drivers programming for Windows. These drivers don't deal with hardware, but rather with the system itself: processes, threads, modules, registry and more. Kernel code can be used for monitoring important events, preventing some from occurring if needed. Various filters can be written that can intercept calls that a driver may be interested in.
About the Author
Table of Contents
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Introduction
- Who Should Read This Book
- What You Should Know to Use This Book
- Sample Code
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Chapter 1: Windows Internals Overview
- Processes
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Virtual Memory
- Page States
- System Memory
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Threads
- Thread Stacks
- System Services (a.k.a. System Calls)
- General System Architecture
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Handles and Objects
- Object Names
- Accessing Existing Objects
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Chapter 2: Getting Started with Kernel Development
- Installing the Tools
- Creating a Driver Project
- The DriverEntry and Unload Routines
- Deploying the Driver
- Simple Tracing
- Exercises
- Summary
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Chapter 3: Kernel Programming Basics
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General Kernel Programming Guidelines
- Unhandled Exceptions
- Termination
- Function Return Values
- IRQL
- C++ Usage
- Testing and Debugging
- Debug vs. Release Builds
- The Kernel API
- Functions and Error Codes
- Strings
- Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Lists
- The Driver Object
- Device Objects
- Summary
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General Kernel Programming Guidelines
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Chapter 4: Driver from Start to Finish
- Introduction
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Driver Initialization
- Passing Information to the Driver
- Client / Driver Communication Protocol
- Creating the Device Object
- Client Code
- The Create and Close Dispatch Routines
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The
DeviceIoControlDispatch Routine - Installing and Testing
- Summary
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Chapter 5: Debugging
- Debugging Tools for Windows
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Introduction to WinDbg
- Tutorial: User mode debugging basics
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Kernel Debugging
- Local Kernel Debugging
- Local kernel Debugging Tutorial
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Full Kernel Debugging
- Configuring the Target
- Configuring the Host
- Kernel Driver Debugging Tutorial
- Summary
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Chapter 6: Kernel Mechanisms
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Interrupt Request Level
- Raising and Lowering IRQL
- Thread Priorities vs. IRQLs
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Deferred Procedure Calls
- Using DPC with a Timer
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Asynchronous Procedure Calls
- Critical Regions and Guarded Regions
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Structured Exception Handling
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Using
__try/__except -
Using
__try/__finally -
Using C++ RAII Instead of
__try/__finally
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Using
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System Crash
- Crash Dump Information
- Analyzing a Dump File
- System Hang
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Thread Synchronization
- Interlocked Operations
- Dispatcher Objects
- Mutex
- Fast Mutex
- Semaphore
- Event
- Executive Resource
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High IRQL Synchronization
- The Spin Lock
- Work Items
- Summary
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Interrupt Request Level
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Chapter 7: The I/O Request Packet
- Introduction to IRPs
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Device Nodes
- IRP Flow
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IRP and I/O Stack Location
- Viewing IRP Information
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Dispatch Routines
- Completing a Request
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Accessing User Buffers
- Buffered I/O
- Direct I/O
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User Buffers for
IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL
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Putting it All Together: The Zero Driver
- Using a Precompiled Header
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The
DriverEntryRoutine - The Read Dispatch Routine
- The Write Dispatch Routine
- Test Application
- Summary
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Chapter 8: Process and Thread Notifications
- Process Notifications
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Implementing Process Notifications
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The
DriverEntryRoutine - Handling Process Exit Notifications
- Handling Process Create Notifications
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The
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Providing Data to User Mode
- The User Mode Client
- Thread Notifications
- Image Load Notifications
- Exercises
- Summary
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Chapter 9: Object and Registry Notifications
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Object Notifications
- Pre-Operation Callback
- Post-Operation Callback
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The Process Protector Driver
- Object Notification Registration
- Managing Protected Processes
- The Pre-Callback
- The Client Application
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Registry Notifications
- Handling Pre-Notifications
- Handling Post-Operations
- Performance Considerations
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Implementing Registry Notifications
- Handling Registry Callback
- Modified Client Code
- Exercises
- Summary
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Object Notifications
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Chapter 10: Introduction to File System Mini-Filters
- Introduction
- Loading and Unloading
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Initialization
- Operations Callback Registration
- The Altitude
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Installation
- INF Files
- Installing the Driver
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Processing I/O Operations
- Pre Operation Callbacks
- Post Operation Callbacks
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The Delete Protector Driver
- Handling Pre-Create
- Handling Pre-Set Information
- Some Refactoring
- Generalizing the Driver
- Testing the Modified Driver
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File Names
- File Name Parts
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RAII
FLT_FILE_NAME_INFORMATIONwrapper
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The Alternate Delete Protector Driver
- Handling Pre-Create and Pre-Set Information
- Testing the Driver
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Contexts
- Managing Contexts
- Initiating I/O Requests
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The File Backup Driver
- The Post Create Callback
- The Pre-Write Callback
- The Post-Cleanup Callback
- Testing the Driver
- Restoring Backups
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User Mode Communication
- Creating the Communication Port
- User Mode Connection
- Sending and Receiving Messages
- Enhanced File Backup Driver
- The User Mode Client
- Debugging
- Exercises
- Summary
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Chapter 11: Miscellaneous Topics
- Driver Signing
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Driver Verifier
- Example Driver Verifier Sessions
- Using the Native API
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Filter Drivers
- Filter Driver Implementation
- Attaching Filters
- Attaching Filters at Arbitrary Time
- Filter Cleanup
- More on Hardware-Based Filter Drivers
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Device Monitor
- Adding a Device to Filter
- Removing a Filter Device
- Initialization and Unload
- Handling Requests
- Testing the Driver
- Results of Requests
- Driver Hooking
- Kernel Libraries
- Summary
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