title: Kernel patch
text: # Kernel patch
  
  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
  