It they've already got admin privileges, you're already fucked.
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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Microsoft waited 6 months to patch actively exploited admin-to-kernel vulnerability
(www.theregister.com)
Other OSes like Linux try to maintain this security boundary, though: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/kernel_lockdown.7.html
That's just a criticism of the Windows kernel.