CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user277465
user277465

Reputation:

using NtCreateSection from ntdll.lib

I was just trying to use NtCreateSection in my code and the information at this link states the requirement as ntdll.lib. As Im using VS2010, I went to Projects > Properties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies and added ntdll.lib.

However, on building the solution I get an error error C3861: 'NtCreateSection': identifier not found. I'm curious about why this happens.

A workaround I'm considering is getting a handle to ntdll using LoadLibrary and getting a handle to NtCreateSection using GetProcAddress; however Im just curious about why the earlier method did not work out.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5509

Answers (1)

ssube
ssube

Reputation: 48337

Perhaps of interest is the actual documentation of the function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff556473(v=vs.85).aspx

This points you to a ZwCreateSection function, which notes that NtCreateSection is the name to be used for user-mode calls to this function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff566428(vr85).aspx

In the standard header/library reference in the actual documentation, it says Wdm.h is the header to be included. I would recommend checking that file for the function(s), and proceeding from there. The docs for both functions, and the guide pages linked from them, also seem to have some info on things.

Upvotes: 2

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