From 3fb57091dbbf29a2c09f0a65a5e7d4bc5a05fb16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin Hall Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 08:40:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] added metadata --- .../kernel-mode-protection-for-thunderbolt.md | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/kernel-mode-protection-for-thunderbolt.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/kernel-mode-protection-for-thunderbolt.md index 01fcfcd046..1a789b5595 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/kernel-mode-protection-for-thunderbolt.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/kernel-mode-protection-for-thunderbolt.md @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ -Kernel DMA protection for Thunderbolt™ 3 +--- +title: Kernel DMA protection for Thunderbolt™ 3 +description: In the Windows 10 version 1803 release, Microsoft introduced Kernel DMA Protection, a native OS solution for protecting PCs against drive-by DMA attacks via Thunderbolt™ 3 enabled ports. +keywords: virtualization, security, malware +ms.prod: w10 +ms.mktglfcycl: deploy +ms.localizationpriority: medium +ms.author: justinha +author: brianlic-msft +ms.date: 07/12/2018 +--- + +# Kernel DMA protection for Thunderbolt™ 3 Some bus types (such as PCI, Thunderbolt™3, ExpressCard, 1394, and so on) support Direct Memory Access (DMA). DMA-enabled buses can directly read and write to arbitrary physical memory addresses (that is, all of RAM).