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Is it possible to read memory addresses (real, not virtual) without throwing a segment fault? I wish to read all live, used memory addresses and log findings.

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    Not directly, but the operating system might provide a function you can use to do it. (I know both Windows and Linux have ways to access other processes' virtual memory, but no idea about physical memory) – user253751 Jul 09 '15 at 07:54
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    On Linux: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12040303/accessing-physical-address-from-user-space, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7894160/accessing-physical-memory-from-linux-kernel, http://falsinsoft.blogspot.ru/2013/10/access-physical-memory-in-linux.html –  Jul 09 '15 at 08:00
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    Linux side seems easy, but Windows is a bit tricky (I'm a bit HAL rusty). Thank you all for the assistance. – NationWidePants Jul 13 '15 at 11:52

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It depends on the OS you are using.

It should be possible, but you will need to write a kernel driver to interface between the OS and the hardware, and this code will have to run as a driver (assuming Windows, since users cannot directly interface with physical memory).

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