I suppose I was expecting something more authoritative here. They confirm that there was an attempted read-out-of-bounds, as CrowdStrike said, but that's not really new information at this point. I suppose we'll need to wait for more detailed analysis from CrowdStrike at some point.
This post explains why security software has historically run in kernel-mode, and really seems to be pushing new technology that Microsoft has that would push security vendors into user-mode (with APIs that attempt to assist with many of the reasons why they have historically used kernel-mode).
Crowdstrike already runs in user-mode on both Mac and Linux (from what I can tell), and it seems like running in user-mode on Windows would significantly lessen the risk of catastrophic failures like a blue-screen-of-death. I know the bulk of the failures here belong to CrowdStrike, but I can't help but think about the fact that Apple kicked security vendors out of kernel-mode a ways back, and that if Windows had done similarly, an issue like this probably wouldn't have been possible. By even offering kernel-mode options to external vendors, I believe Microsoft is creating risk for themselves.
This post explains why security software has historically run in kernel-mode, and really seems to be pushing new technology that Microsoft has that would push security vendors into user-mode (with APIs that attempt to assist with many of the reasons why they have historically used kernel-mode).
Crowdstrike already runs in user-mode on both Mac and Linux (from what I can tell), and it seems like running in user-mode on Windows would significantly lessen the risk of catastrophic failures like a blue-screen-of-death. I know the bulk of the failures here belong to CrowdStrike, but I can't help but think about the fact that Apple kicked security vendors out of kernel-mode a ways back, and that if Windows had done similarly, an issue like this probably wouldn't have been possible. By even offering kernel-mode options to external vendors, I believe Microsoft is creating risk for themselves.