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Expand Up @@ -32,23 +32,23 @@ NTSTATUS NTAPI NtQuerySection (

## Parameters

### SectionHandle [in]
### -param SectionHandle [in]

An open handle to a section object.

### SectionInformationClass [in]
### -param SectionInformationClass [in]

The section information class about which to retrieve information.

### SectionInformation [out]
### -param SectionInformation [out]

A pointer to a buffer that receives the specified information. The format and content of the buffer depend on the specified section class.

### SectionInformationLength [in]
### -param SectionInformationLength [in]

Specifies the length in bytes of the section information buffer.

### ReturnLength [out]
### -param ReturnLength [out]

An optional pointer which, if specified, receives the number of bytes placed in the section information buffer.

Expand All @@ -61,20 +61,25 @@ An NTSTATUS code. For more information, see [Using NTSTATUS values](/windows-har
This function has no associated import library or header file; you must call it using the [**LoadLibrary**](/windows/desktop/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-loadlibrarya) and [**GetProcAddress**](/windows/desktop/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-getprocaddress) functions. The API is exported from ntdll.dll.


The type of the **SectionInformation** parameter is **PSECTION_BASIC_INFORMATION**
The type of the **SectionInformation** parameter is **PSECTION_BASIC_INFORMATION** if **SectionInformationClass** is **SectionBasicInformation**.

```cpp
typedef struct _SECTIONBASICINFO {
typedef enum _SECTION_INFORMATION_CLASS
{
SectionBasicInformation
} SECTION_INFORMATION_CLASS;

typedef struct _SECTION_BASIC_INFORMATION {
PVOID BaseAddress;
ULONG AllocationAttributes;
LARGE_INTEGER MaximumSize;
} SECTION_BASIC_INFORMATION, *PSECTION_BASIC_INFORMATION;
```
#### PVOID BaseAddress
### -param PVOID BaseAddress

The base virtual address of the section if the section is based.

#### ULONG AllocationAttributes
### -param ULONG AllocationAttributes

The allocation attributes flags.

Expand All @@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ The allocation attributes flags.
| SEC_COMMIT | 0x8000000 | All pages of the section were initially set to the committed state. |
| SEC_IMAGE | 0x1000000 | The section was mapped as an executable image file. |

### LARGE_INTEGER MaximumSize
### -param LARGE_INTEGER MaximumSize

The maximum size of the section in bytes.

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