KASLR, 682–683

KCET (see Kernel-mode CET)

KCFG (see Kernel CFG)

KDE, 18

Kerckhoffs’ principle, 611, 632

Kernel

• Linux, 720–723

• Windows, 881, 885–887, 891–982, 894–901

Kernel address space, Windows, 956

Kernel handle, 917

Kernel layer

• Linux, 722–723

• Windows, 900–901

Kernel mode, 2

• virtual, 486

Kernel-mode driver framework, Windows, 985

Kernel page table isolation, 676

Kernel thread, 111–112, 1057

Key, 264

• cryptographic, 632

• registery, 915

Keyboard software, 397–401

Kildall, Gary 16

Kill system call, 54, 729

Kmalloc system call, 753

KMDF (see Kernel-Mode Driver Framework)

KPTI (see Kernel Page Table Isolation)

KQUEUES, 925

Kubernetes, 506

KVM, 481