An apparatus that includes a processor and a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to provide a first software process configured to execute at a first privilege level; and a second software process configured to execute at a second privilege level, wherein the first privilege level is more restrictive than the second privilege level. The processor is configured to, initialize, at the first privilege level, a memory pool within the memory, allocate, at the first privilege level, a block of memory, send a request to write protect the block of memory to the second software process, and to write protect, at the second privilege level, the allocated block of memory.