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0 pointsDwedit2mo ago0 comments

Only Malware uses the system call numbers directly. Using the system call numbers directly is foolish if they're going to change and break your app. Just import and call a function that will perform the actual SYSENTER (or WOW64 context change).

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monocasa2mo ago

Unfortunately, that's not the case. Wine for instance has to keep up to date to maintain compatibility with some applications.

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0

> NT system calls use the same syscall numbering as recent Windows, to support applications that hardcode syscall numbers.

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monocasa2mo ago

Unfortunately, that's not the case. Wine for instance has to keep up to date to maintain compatibility with some applications.

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0

> NT system calls use the same syscall numbering as recent Windows, to support applications that hardcode syscall numbers.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse