2015/08/28 by Yongwang Zhao, Zhao, Yongwang
Computer Science · #D.2.1 #D.2.4 #D.4.5 #Distributed systems and fault tolerance #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Real-Time Systems Scheduling #Security and Verification in Computing #Software Engineering (cs.SE)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1508.07066
openalex publication_date 2015/08/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Separation kernels are fundamental software of safety and security-critical systems, which provide to their hosted applications spatial and temporal separation as well as controlled information flows among partitions. The application of separation kernels in critical domain demands the correctness of the kernel by formal verification. To the best of our knowledge, there is no survey paper on this topic. This paper presents an overview of formal specification and verification of separation kernels. We first present the background including the concept of separation kernel and the comparisons among different kernels. Then, we survey the state of the art on this topic since 2000. Finally, we summarize research work by detailed comparison and discussion.