Delta Air Lines , which said fallout from the outage cost the company $550 million, is seeking damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft.
Software from CrowdStrike Check Point , SentinelOne and others in the endpoint-protection market currently depend on kernel mode.
But an application in kernel mode that fails can cause all of Windows to crash.
The Microsoft executive said removing kernel access in Windows would only solve a small percentage of potential problems.
"We will share further updates on these conversations following the event," Microsoft Corporate Vice President Aidan Marcuss wrote in a blog post.
Persons:
CrowdStrike, Aidan Marcuss
Organizations:
Delta Airlines, Microsoft, Delta Air Lines, CNBC, Windows, Apple, Rust Foundation, Microsoft Corporate
Locations:
Los Angeles, Airlines, Redmond , Washington, SentinelOne, macOS