The Kernel-Bridge Framework

The "Kernel-Bridge" project is a C++20-ready Windows kernel driver template, development framework and kernel-mode API and wrappers.

Precompiled and signed binaries with the SecureBoot support

✔ Capabilites:

• Hypervisor (both Intel VT-x/EPT and AMD-V/RVI) with the Hyper-V support
• Extremely fast hypervisor-based memory interceptions and hiding (+ support of Write-only pages), VT-x only
• Support of HookLib and Zydis
• IO-ports (+ 'in/out/cli/sti' usermode forwarding by IOPL)
• System beeper
• MSRs, CPUID, TSC and performance counters (RDPMC)
• DMI/SMBIOS memory reading
• Physical memory (allocations, RW, mappings)
• Kernel memory management (allocations, mappings, transitions)
• Usermode memory management (allocations in processes etc.)
• Direct UM->KM and KM->UM memory transitions
• Direct PTE-based memory management
• Direct MDL management
• Obtaining processes/threads handles from kernel
• Reading and writing memory of another processes
• Suspending/resuming/termination processes
• Creating kernel and usermode threads
• Memory mappings between usermode and kernel
• Remote code execution (APCs delivery)
• Execution of custom usermode shellcodes
• Unsigned drivers mapping
• Processes, threads, handles and modules usermode callbacks (ObRegisterCallbacks & PsSet***NotifyRoutine)
• Minifilter with usermode callbacks
• PDB parsing
• Signatures and patterns scanning
• Sections management (to map \\Device\PhysicalMemory and more)
• Python binding

➰ In development and plans:

• Qt-based GUI for the kernel-hacking and memory researching framework
• Kernel WinSock support
• Extensions for the RTL: hooks, injections, disassembling
• Kernel loadable modules with SEH support

Driver template has full support of C++ static and global initializers and all of C++20 features (without C++ exceptions). All of API modules are easy-to-use and have no external dependiencies, so you can include them to your own C++ drivers. All of API functions are grouped into a logical categories into namespaces, so you can quickly find all functions you want.

💦 Driver template has:

• Support of METHOD_BUFFERED, METHOD_IN/OUT_DIRECT and METHOD_NEITHER
• Minifilter loading and filtering routines templates
• SAL-annotations and self-documented API
• Ready-to-use IOCTLs handling routine
• Out-of-box STL support
• Static Driver Verifier tests passing

💨 Building and using:

Download Microsoft Visual Studio Community and Windows Driver Kit.
For driver testing use VMware Player.
For load an unsigned drivers you should to enable Test-mode of Windows and disable signs checkings:

- Disable signatures checkings (allow to install unsigned drivers):
bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON

- Enable signatures checkings (deny to install unsigned drivers):
bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING OFF

- Enable support of kernel debugger (WinDbg and Kernel Debugger from WDK):
bcdedit.exe /debug on   -  enable support of kernel debugging
bcdedit.exe /debug off  -  disable it

Communication with usermode apps:

For communication with usermode you should use "User-Bridge" wrappers as standalone *.cpp/*.h modules or as *.dll.
All required headers are WdkTypes.h, CtlTypes.h and User-Bridge.h. For using an extended features like minifilter callbacks, you should also use FltTypes.h, CommPort.h and Flt-Bridge.h. Some of ready-to-use RTL-functions (like an unsigned drivers mapping) you can find in Rtl-Bridge.h.

Files hierarchy:

/User-Bridge/API/ - usermode API and wrappers for all functions of KB
/Kernel-Bridge/API/ - standalone kernel API for using in C++ drivers
/Kernel-Bridge/Kernel-Bridge/ - driver template files
/SharedTypes/ - shared types headers required for UM and KM modules
/CommonTypes/ - common user- and kernelmode headers and types
/Python-Bridge/ - Python binding
/Kernel-Tests/ - unit-tests for UM and KM modules and common functions

Example (using of KbReadProcessMemory):

#include <Windows.h>

#include "WdkTypes.h"
#include "CtlTypes.h"
#include "User-Bridge.h"

using namespace Processes::MemoryManagement;

...

// Loading as minifilter (it allows to use extended features):
KbLoader::KbLoadAsFilter(L"N:\\Folder\\Kernel-Bridge.sys", L"260000");

constexpr int Size = 64;
UCHAR Buffer[Size] = {};

BOOL Status = KbReadProcessMemory(
    ProcessId,
    0x7FFF0000, // Desired address in context of ProcessId
    &Buffer,
    Size
);

KbLoader::KbUnload();