diff --git a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ad7502a..09209a7d 100644
--- a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ set(KERNEL_SOURCES
 	kernel/USB/USBManager.cpp
 	kernel/USB/XHCI/Controller.cpp
 	kernel/USB/XHCI/Device.cpp
+	kernel/UserCopy.cpp
 	icxxabi.cpp
 )
 
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
index 60b85a28..939342b0 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
@@ -284,9 +284,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 		BAN::ErrorOr<FileParent> find_parent_file(int fd, const char* path, int flags) const;
 		BAN::ErrorOr<VirtualFileSystem::File> find_relative_parent(int fd, const char* path) const;
 
-		BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_from_user(const void* user_addr, void* out, size_t size);
-		BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_string_from_user(const char* user_addr, char* out, size_t max_size);
-		BAN::ErrorOr<void> write_to_user(void* user_addr, const void* in, size_t size);
 		BAN::ErrorOr<MemoryRegion*> validate_and_pin_pointer_access(const void*, size_t, bool needs_write);
 
 		uint64_t signal_pending_mask() const
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/UserCopy.h b/kernel/include/kernel/UserCopy.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddf42263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/UserCopy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <BAN/Errors.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_from_user(const void* user_addr, void* out, size_t size);
+	BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_string_from_user(const char* user_addr, char* out, size_t max_size);
+	BAN::ErrorOr<void> write_to_user(void* user_addr, const void* in, size_t size);
+
+};
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/OpenFileDescriptorSet.cpp b/kernel/kernel/OpenFileDescriptorSet.cpp
index df04424c..482631b1 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/OpenFileDescriptorSet.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/OpenFileDescriptorSet.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h>
 #include <kernel/OpenFileDescriptorSet.h>
 #include <kernel/Process.h>
+#include <kernel/UserCopy.h>
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 		if (cmd == F_SETLK || cmd == F_SETLKW || cmd == F_GETLK)
 		{
 			struct flock flock;
-			TRY(Process::current().read_from_user(reinterpret_cast<void*>(extra), &flock, sizeof(struct flock)));
+			TRY(read_from_user(reinterpret_cast<void*>(extra), &flock, sizeof(struct flock)));
 			flock.l_pid = Process::current().pid();
 
 			BAN::RefPtr<Inode> inode;
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 			}
 
 			if (cmd == F_GETLK)
-				TRY(Process::current().write_to_user(reinterpret_cast<void*>(extra), &flock, sizeof(struct flock)));
+				TRY(write_to_user(reinterpret_cast<void*>(extra), &flock, sizeof(struct flock)));
 			return 0;
 		}
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp
index 575ea665..2bd0307f 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.h>
 #include <kernel/Terminal/PseudoTerminal.h>
 #include <kernel/Timer/Timer.h>
+#include <kernel/UserCopy.h>
 
 #include <LibELF/AuxiliaryVector.h>
 
@@ -3885,47 +3886,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 		return region->allocate_page_containing(address, wants_write);
 	}
 
-	extern "C" bool safe_user_memcpy(void*, const void*, size_t);
-	extern "C" bool safe_user_strncpy(void*, const void*, size_t);
-
-	static inline bool is_valid_user_address(const void* user_addr, size_t size)
-	{
-		const vaddr_t user_vaddr = reinterpret_cast<vaddr_t>(user_addr);
-		if (BAN::Math::will_addition_overflow<vaddr_t>(user_vaddr, size))
-			return false;
-		if (user_vaddr + size > USERSPACE_END)
-			return false;
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	BAN::ErrorOr<void> Process::read_from_user(const void* user_addr, void* out, size_t size)
-	{
-		if (!is_valid_user_address(user_addr, size))
-			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
-		if (!safe_user_memcpy(out, user_addr, size))
-			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
-		return {};
-	}
-
-	BAN::ErrorOr<void> Process::read_string_from_user(const char* user_addr, char* out, size_t max_size)
-	{
-		max_size = BAN::Math::min<size_t>(max_size, USERSPACE_END - reinterpret_cast<vaddr_t>(user_addr));
-		if (!is_valid_user_address(user_addr, max_size))
-			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
-		if (!safe_user_strncpy(out, user_addr, max_size))
-			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
-		return {};
-	}
-
-	BAN::ErrorOr<void> Process::write_to_user(void* user_addr, const void* in, size_t size)
-	{
-		if (!is_valid_user_address(user_addr, size))
-			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
-		if (!safe_user_memcpy(user_addr, in, size))
-			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
-		return {};
-	}
-
 	BAN::ErrorOr<MemoryRegion*> Process::validate_and_pin_pointer_access(const void* ptr, size_t size, bool needs_write)
 	{
 		// TODO: allow pinning multiple regions?
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Thread.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Thread.cpp
index 43b23849..b6d2ac5a 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Thread.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Thread.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <kernel/Scheduler.h>
 #include <kernel/Thread.h>
 #include <kernel/Timer/Timer.h>
+#include <kernel/UserCopy.h>
 
 namespace Kernel
 {
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 				{
 					static_assert(sizeof(T) >= sizeof(uintptr_t));
 					sp -= sizeof(T);
-					if (m_process->write_to_user(reinterpret_cast<void*>(sp), &value, sizeof(T)).is_error())
+					if (write_to_user(reinterpret_cast<void*>(sp), &value, sizeof(T)).is_error())
 						m_process->exit(128 + SIGSEGV, SIGSEGV | 0x80);
 				};
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/UserCopy.cpp b/kernel/kernel/UserCopy.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d3a792a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/kernel/UserCopy.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <kernel/Memory/Types.h>
+#include <kernel/UserCopy.h>
+
+extern "C" bool safe_user_memcpy(void*, const void*, size_t);
+extern "C" bool safe_user_strncpy(void*, const void*, size_t);
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+static inline bool is_valid_user_address(const void* user_addr, size_t size)
+{
+	const vaddr_t user_vaddr = reinterpret_cast<vaddr_t>(user_addr);
+	if (BAN::Math::will_addition_overflow<vaddr_t>(user_vaddr, size))
+		return false;
+	if (user_vaddr + size > USERSPACE_END)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_from_user(const void* user_addr, void* out, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!is_valid_user_address(user_addr, size))
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
+	if (!safe_user_memcpy(out, user_addr, size))
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
+	return {};
+}
+
+BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_string_from_user(const char* user_addr, char* out, size_t max_size)
+{
+	max_size = BAN::Math::min<size_t>(max_size, USERSPACE_END - reinterpret_cast<vaddr_t>(user_addr));
+	if (!is_valid_user_address(user_addr, max_size))
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
+	if (!safe_user_strncpy(out, user_addr, max_size))
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
+	return {};
+}
+
+BAN::ErrorOr<void> write_to_user(void* user_addr, const void* in, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!is_valid_user_address(user_addr, size))
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
+	if (!safe_user_memcpy(user_addr, in, size))
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(EFAULT);
+	return {};
+}
+
+}