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What I do: Build the the AudioDriverKit example driver from Apple and install to an M1 Ipad. Allow the driver in the settings. Open some browser and go to Youtube. Play some video. Stop playback and ...
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If I call RequestDeviceConfigurationChange with an OBObject created with OSNumber::withNumber, where do I need to call release() on the OBObject object. The documentation of OSNumber::withNumber says ...
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Following the documentation, I'm trying to create a camera extension on macOS Monterey 12.7.6 with Xcode 14.2. It points to somewhere in Xcode new target menu which should contain System Extension >...
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I am currently writing an agent for endpoint security. I cannot connect the application and the xpc service. I start the plist with launchctl and then open the application, but it does not connect and ...
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There are various ways to monitor filesystem access on MacOS Ventura, like fs_events or the new Endpoint Security System Extension framework. Is there a way to intercept and potentially prevent a ...
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I'm trying to start the vpn provider from a container application After I successfully activated the extension, and started the process by sending xpc request to the network extension, I've tried to ...
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I have googled and searched here and have come up empty. I have an application that installs a system extension and I'm resorting to writing to a file when the extension is installed to know. Is there ...
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With kexts we could to vm_read/vm_write, is there a similar way for Endpoint Security?
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How to memory-map a PCI Base Address Register (BAR) from a PCIDriverKit driver (DEXT) to a userspace application? Memory-mapping from a driver extension to an application can be accomplished by ...
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I'm new to XCode, so maybe I'm missing something that is very easy, but how can I create a CLI tool with XCode and bundle it with a system extension I compiled? I want to create a console app that is ...
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I'm working with Apple's DriverKitUserClientSample code as a basis, but I'm trying to use the PCIDriverKit. In my MyClass::Start method I successfully get the IOPCIDevice from the provider, and call ...
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My project consists of main application, an endpoint security extension and a findersync extension. When I try to build it in release mode, the findersync extension is getting built with entitlements ...
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I successfully built and ran Apple's sample Communicateing Between a DriverKit Extension and a Client App on macOS 11, meaning I can install the DEXT and also control it via it's client. On macOS 10....
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we have developed a kernel extension (KEXT) for a virtual file system (VFS) on macOS to integrate our software with external programs like Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word. Our software and the KEXT ...
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For my own edification, I'm trying to read some audio data from a USB audio interface using a DriverKit System Extension. My IOProviderClass is IOUSBHostInterface. I can successfully Open() the ...
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I compile a macOS driverkit system extension as a Universal library so that it contains both x86_64 and arm64. One Apple Silicon computer A the driver starts when I attach the USB device. On Apple ...
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virtual kern_return_t IOService::Terminate(uint64_t options) says you can pass a parameter with options. I wonder what the different options are? The documentation does not say anything.
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im trying to submit a Network Extension activation request but i get this error. The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSSystemExtensionErrorDomain error 9.) I looked it up and apparently it means &...
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Apple developer documentation says: If your hardware communicates entirely using standards-based protocols, you can ship a driver that matches your hardware to one of the built-in system drivers. Is ...
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I am looking at the documentation of IOBufferMemoryDescriptor. It says "... Except where noted, you are also responsible for releasing buffers that you allocate.". IOBufferMemoryDescriptor::...
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I am trying to learn more about DriverKit and memory management, and I read this question: How to allocate memory in a DriverKit system extension and map it to another process? And I would like to ...
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I have an app that installs a DriverKit system extension when it launches. If I then drag this app to the Bin from /Applications then I am prompted about that the app also manages a system extension ...
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I need to save some configuration from a DriverKit driver. I was reading How to save kext configuration between sessions and in this case it seems that the preferred way is to save the config from a ...
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With the release of Big Sur - Network Kernel extensions are now officially inaccessible. However I cannot find the equivalent functionality I need in the new Network Extensions API. In my NKE (network ...
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I am creating a system extension and bundling it in a Mac app on Mac OS Catalina. I have had success building the app and requesting activation of the extension from my application delegate (Swift). ...
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