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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Manoharan Kuppusamy, Redmond, WA (US);

Dhananjay Ramakrishnappa, Bengaluru, IN;

Shyam Arunkundram Ramprasad, Bengaluru, IN;

Priyadarshi Ghosh, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6227 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server kernel processing system receives an input/output (I/O) request from a user mode computing environment. The I/O request is analyzed to determine whether it is a file open request. If so, target analysis logic determines whether the file open request is for a driver file or for a file within a protected volume that stores a driven whitelist file. If the file open request is for a file stored in a protected volume, the request is blocked. If the file open request is for a driver file, then the driver whitelist file is examined to determine whether the target driver is on the whitelist. If not, the file open request is also blocked.


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