Windows Kernel Programming with Rust
summary
Concrete how-to: Rust produces a working Windows kernel driver using official WDK bindings (Microsoft added them in 2023), Cargo build scripts, automatic binding generation with llvm, and driver signing via an included make task that emits a test certificate. Examples include a loadable hello world DLL, serial and debug-print logging with a kernel_log crate, a custom global allocator for page-aligned or physical memory, VM-based WinDbg debugging, and a practical caveat: heap copies can overflow a three‑page kernel stack (example shows a six‑page copy).
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Rust kernel drivers intro
- 3:08What is a kernel driver
- 5:15Rust kernel setup
- 7:43Basic Rust driver
- 10:36Debugging drivers
- 14:11Custom allocators
- 17:27Memory and stack limits
- 18:09Manual API imports
- 20:19Rust vs C++ for kernel
- 22:48Rust limits and future
- 25:17Conclusion & Q&A
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