On various occasions, I’ve received inquiries about how to install and start using WinDbg. For this reason, in this post, I’m going to show you how to configure an environment with WinDbg and virtual ...
Kprobes is a mechanism used to register breakpoints and corresponding handlers. After enabling Kprobes support in the kernel, we can debug any instruction at any kernel address. This article explains ...
The Linux kernel is at the very core of arguably the world’s best production-quality OS. Debugging it, though, can be a complex endeavor. Linux Kernel Debugging is a comprehensive guide to learning ...
When you write programs in user space, the worst thing that can happen to your program is a core dump. Your program did something very wrong, so the operating system decided to give you all of its ...
The kernel debugger kgdb, hypervisors like QEMU or JTAG-based hardware interfaces allow to debug the Linux kernel and its modules during runtime using gdb. Gdb comes with a powerful scripting ...
What is this book about? Linux Kernel Debugging is a comprehensive guide to learning all about advanced kernel debugging. This book covers many areas in depth, such as instrumentation-based debugging ...
For the first time ever, a JTAG-based debugger is publicly available to connect WinDbg to an x86 target to debug the Windows kernel. The Windows Debugger (WinDbg) is used widely to perform kernel mode ...
The ERROR_WAKE_SYSTEM_DEBUGGER with error code 675 (0x2A3) with the message {Kernel Debugger Awakened} the system debugger was awakened by an interrupt, usually ...