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Physical Memory Page Mapping via MmMapIoSpace and PML4 translation [v2.4 Technical Discussion]

kernel_komrade
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1 か月前 · Jul 8, 2026 2:21 AM
#1

To read physical RAM without relying on virtual page table CR3 contexts:

C
NTSTATUS ReadPhysicalAddress(PHYSICAL_ADDRESS physAddr, PVOID buffer, SIZE_T size) {
    PVOID pMapped = MmMapIoSpace(physAddr, size, MmNonCached);
    if (!pMapped) return STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES;
    RtlCopyMemory(buffer, pMapped, size);
    MmUnmapIoSpace(pMapped, size);
    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
}

Physical addresses are immutable across thread context switches, making physical memory mapping 100% immune to virtual CR3 directory base swapping.

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1 か月前 · Jul 8, 2026 6:40 AM
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This is identical to how PCIe DMA hardware reads memory. Physical RAM mapping is the cleanest kernel read technique.

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1 か月前 · Jul 8, 2026 10:37 AM
#3

Make sure you don't map non-existent physical addresses to avoid BugCheck 0x3B.