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Her first Verifier session crashed in 2.3 seconds. The dump showed a classic bug: she had freed a memory pool, then used it again. Use-after-free. The kind of bug that in user-mode just crashes your app, but in kernel-mode crashes the entire universe. No blue screen

"Connecting to target..." the status bar read. Her first Verifier session crashed in 2

He typed the command to load his new driver.

She finally found the bug. Her driver was running at IRQL = 2 (DISPATCH_LEVEL) when she called MmMapIoSpace . But that function required IRQL <= APC_LEVEL. She had violated a fundamental rule of kernel programming: know your IRQL constraints.

He shut down his monitors, leaving the darkness of the kernel behind, and stepped back into the light of the hallway. He needed a coffee. Even if it was lukewarm.