Decodes a pointer that was previously encoded with EncodeSystemPointer.
Syntax
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PVOID DecodeSystemPointer(
PVOID Ptr
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Parameters
- Ptr
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The pointer to be decoded.
Return Value
The function returns the decoded pointer.
Remarks
Using EncodeSystemPointer/DecodeSystemPointer is faster than using EncodePointer/DecodePointer, but the encoded system pointers are more vulnerable to attack because the value can be predicted on a per-machine basis.
Requirements
| Client | Requires Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2. |
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| Server | Requires Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 SP1. |
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| Header | Declared in Winbase.h; include Windows.h. |
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| Library | Use Kernel32.lib. |
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| DLL | Requires Kernel32.dll. |
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See Also
DecodePointer
EncodeSystemPointer
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