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Dean Harding Dean Harding If you're writing a user mode component, it doesn't matter which set you call. NtXxx calls from user mode are resulting in passing less trusted data from user mode to a more privileged layer kernel mode. As far as I know, Microsoft only documents the NtXxx for use in user-mode where it indicates that they are the user-mode equivalent to the corresponding ZwXxx function. Active 4 years, 5 months ago. Giving an example to what has already been said to ensure OP or anyone else gets a complete picture.

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When called from user mode, the ZwXxx and NtXxx functions are exactly the same - they resolve to the same bits of code in ntdll.

Asked 9 years, 4 months ago. For more information about how the routine distinguishes user-mode parameters from kernel-mode parameters, see PreviousMode.

As already said the ZwXxx equivalent of the API explicitly indicates through requestor level that such parameter validation needs to be skipped as the callee is at the same privilege level as the caller.

So it expects the buffer has valid user mode address, the Handles being passed are valid user mode handles, etc. Basically it relates to how the parameters are validated. Can anyone please explain me the difference?

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Sign up using Facebook. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policyand our Terms of Service. In this case, the routine assumes that it can safely use the parameters without zwopenfil validating them. Generally, kernel drivers should only use the ZwXxx functions. Post as a guest Name.

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Dean Harding Dean Harding This is documented in MSDN:. Improving the question-asking experience. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

If a kernel driver calls the NtXxx variant the requestor mode isn't explicitly set so it's left alone and might indicate user or kernel mode, depending on what has occurred in the call zopenfile up to this point. Active 4 years, 5 months ago. Stack Overflow for Teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information.

ZwOpenFile is implemented as same as NtopenFile.

As far as I know, Microsoft only documents the NtXxx for use in user-mode where it indicates that they are the user-mode equivalent to the corresponding ZwXxx function. When called from a kernel-mode driver, the Zwxxx variant ensures that a flag used by the kernel is set to indicate that the requestor mode what's supposed to indicate the caller's mode is kernel mode. NtXxx calls from user mode are resulting in passing less trusted data from user mode to a more privileged layer kernel mode.

This is documented in MSDN: Unicorn Meta Zoo 9: Stack Overflow works best with JavaScript enabled. Sign up using Email and Password. If the requestor mode flag is set to user mode, the kernel will validate parameters, which might zwopenfilw be the right thing to do especially if the kernel driver zwopenile passing in kernel mode buffers, as the validation will fail in that caseif zwopenvile set to kernel mode, the kernel implicitly trusts parameters. So the rules for using these API names generally boils down to: A kernel-mode driver calls the Zw version of a native system services routine to inform the zwopfnfile that the parameters come from a trusted, kernel-mode source.

Giving an example to what has already been said to ensure OP or anyone else gets a complete picture. Zowpenfile do we handle problem users?

Email Required, but never shown. If you're writing a user mode component, it doesn't matter which set you call. If a driver calls NtXxx api instead of its equivalent ZwXxx it has to ensure that valid user mode arguments are being passed i.

However, if the parameters might be from either a user-mode source or a kernel-mode source, the driver instead calls the Nt version of the routine, which determines, based on the history of the calling thread, whether the parameters originated in user mode or kernel mode.

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