Re: MapPtrToProcess vs MapCallerPtr

From: Tom Gensel \(eMVP\) (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/28/04


Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:04:54 GMT

MapCallerPtr does return the mapped version of the pointer, just as
MapPtrToProcess did. However, MapCallerPtr validates the parameters to
prevent code in a malicious process from using the driver call to overwrite
memory that doesn't belong to it.

Tom Gensel (eMVP)

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