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Caleb1994
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2009 06:27
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How do i check to see if a pointer i have is readable or writable?

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dark coder
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2009 06:40
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By correctly writing your code.

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Caleb1994
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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 02:59
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While this is good programming practice, What i am doing is making a dll to read and write memory, and you have to send a pointer. If the pointer isn't readable or isn't writable then you will end with an error. So all i have is a pointer and no other info on it. Just hoping that the user has sent a valid pointer doesn't seem like a good thing to me.

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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 03:02
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Send a pointer from where? Surely you can see if it's valid or not based on where you retrieve it from. While there is a function to check if a pointer is a valid address, even Microsoft don't recommend you use it, and it won't tell you if it's readable or writeable.

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Caleb1994
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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 05:11
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IsBadReadPtr and IsBadWritePtr Yes i know I have read very VERY bad things about them

here is essencially what it does:

you have a Alloc function that will dynamicely create memory of the specified size. then i have reading and writing functions. well if they don't check for errors with the alloc or use the reading functions on a pointer gotten from somewhere else then i need to be able to check if that pointer is readable before trying to read from it as i don't want to crash there program because i am trying to read 'someone else's' memory lol

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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 09:18 Edited at: 24th Nov 2009 09:19
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MSDN seems to indicate that ReadProcessMemory(forum fails at links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680553%28VS.85%29.aspx) will gracefully fail, so you could try that and handle it if it fails. But it's still no indication that what you're reading or writing to is what you in fact think you are.

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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 15:44
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Ok I will look into that thanks!

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