--- title: Kernel patch slug: kernel-patch qid: snapshot: enwiki-000674685712 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=674685712 tags: [23118434, 3564997, 3566086, 4410601] --- # Kernel patch > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-000674685712` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 Kernel patch may refer to: * Kernel Patch Protection (KPP), a feature of 64-bit (x64) editions of Microsoft Windows that prevents patching the kernel, informally known as PatchGuard * kpatch, a feature of the Linux kernel that implements live patching of a running kernel * Ksplice, an extension of the Linux kernel that allows security patches to be applied to a running kernel * XNU kernel patch, a series of initial patches necessary to run the OSx86 kernel on non-Apple hardware * TRESOR, a Linux kernel patch which provides CPU-only based encryption to defend against cold boot attacks Kernel patch may refer to: Kernel Patch Protection (KPP), a feature of 64-bit (x64) editions of Microsoft Windows that prevents patching the kernel, informally known as PatchGuard kpatch, a feature of the Linux kernel that implements live patching of a running kernel Ksplice, an extension of the Linux kernel that allows security patches to be applied to a running kernel XNU kernel patch, a series of initial patches necessary to run the OSx86 kernel on non-Apple hardware TRESOR, a Linux kernel patch which provides CPU-only based encryption to defend against cold boot attacks