Determines whether two handles point to the same kernel object.

Parameters

• FirstObjectHandle - a handle to the first object.
• SecondObjectHandle - a handle to the second object.

The handles do not need to grant any specific access. Any of the handles can be a pseudo-handle to the current thread (NtCurrentThread) or the current process (NtCurrentProcess).

Notable return values

• STATUS_SUCCESS - the two handles point to the same underlying kernel object.
• STATUS_NOT_SAME_OBJECT - the handles point toward different objects.

Related Win32 API

• CompareObjectHandles

Required OS version

This function was introduced in Windows 10 TH1 (1507).

See also

• NtDuplicateObject
• RtlIsCurrentThread
• RtlIsCurrentProcess