Eliminating and reporting kernel instruction alteration
US10990664B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising monitoring a privileged storage of a computing system, wherein at least a portion of the privileged storage stores a microcode of the computing system, determining, based on the monitoring, that a first location of the privileged storage includes an instruction, determining that the first location is designated as an unused location of the privileged storage, and performing a predefined operation to remove the instruction from the first location of the privileged storage.
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