How to get Service Pack Number of OS from Kernel Mode

[dkg0414]

Hi All,

I need a way to get the service pack number of OS from Kernel mode as i have to support my driver for all the serice packs of xp , 2k and server 2003.

Is there any exported variable in windows to do so or any kernel api is there or not.

Please reply soon

Kind Regards
Deepak

[Vadim Smirnov]

RTFM DDK

Windows XP and below:

BOOLEAN
PsGetVersion(
PULONG MajorVersion OPTIONAL,
PULONG MinorVersion OPTIONAL,
PULONG BuildNumber OPTIONAL,
PUNICODE_STRING CSDVersion OPTIONAL
);
Parameters
MajorVersion
Points to a caller-supplied variable that this routine sets to the major version of the operating system. This optional parameter can be NULL.
MinorVersion
Points to a caller-supplied variable that this routine sets to the minor version of the operating system. This optional parameter can be NULL.
BuildNumber
Points to a caller-supplied variable that this routine sets to the current build number of the operating system. This optional parameter can be NULL.
CSDVersion
Points to a caller-allocated buffer in which this routine returns the current service-pack version as a Unicode string only during system driver initialization. This optional parameter can be NULL.

Windows XP and above

NTSTATUS
RtlGetVersion(
IN OUT PRTL_OSVERSIONINFOW lpVersionInformation
);
Parameters
lpVersionInformation
Pointer to either a RTL_OSVERSIONINFOW structure or a RTL_OSVERSIONINFOEXW structure that contains the version information about the currently running operating system. A caller specifies which input structure is used by setting the dwOSVersionInfoSize member of the structure to the size in bytes of the structure that is used.

typedef struct _OSVERSIONINFOEXW {
ULONG dwOSVersionInfoSize;
ULONG dwMajorVersion;
ULONG dwMinorVersion;
ULONG dwBuildNumber;
ULONG dwPlatformId;
WCHAR szCSDVersion[ 128 ]; // Maintenance string for PSS usage
USHORT wServicePackMajor;
USHORT wServicePackMinor;
USHORT wSuiteMask;
UCHAR wProductType;
UCHAR wReserved;
} RTL_OSVERSIONINFOEXW;

[dkg0414]

thnx a ton buddy.

I think it will work for my case.

Is there any exported variable like “NtBuildNumber” which keeps the Version Number and CSD String.

Asking just out of curiosity.

Kind Regards
Deepak

[Vadim Smirnov]

Is there any exported variable like “NtBuildNumber” which keeps the Version Number and CSD String.

NtBuildNumber is exported by kernel, CSD string with service pack not.

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