objdump - head ELF - Meaning of flags? - objdump

$ objdump -f ./a.out
./a.out: file format elf32-i386
architecture: i386, flags 0x00000112:
EXEC_P, HAS_SYMS, D_PAGED
start address 0x080484e0
$ objdump -f function.o
function.o: file format elf32-i386
architecture: i386, flags 0x00000011:
HAS_RELOC, HAS_SYMS
start address 0x00000000
What is the meaning of flags (flags 0x00000011: OR flags 0x00000112:) ? Nothin in the ELF header file has this flag. e_flag contain 0.
Someone have an idea about his meaning ?
Thanks

They are BFD-specific bitmasks. In the binutils source tree, see bfd/bfd-in2.h:
/* BFD contains relocation entries. */
#define HAS_RELOC 0x01
/* BFD is directly executable. */
#define EXEC_P 0x02
...
/* BFD has symbols. */
#define HAS_SYMS 0x10
...
/* BFD is dynamically paged (this is like an a.out ZMAGIC file) (the
linker sets this by default, but clears it for -r or -n or -N). */
#define D_PAGED 0x100
These flag values won't appear in your object file; they are simply an in-memory representation that libbfd uses.

They are LibBFD flags.
You're trying to recode objdump ? ... =)

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DLL silently ignored even though the library links

I'm using a third part DLL that I've used successfully for ages. Now the linker links the dll lib without complaint but the exe doesn't load the dll.
I recently upgraded from the 32 bit to 64 bit cygwin.
I'm doing a mingw cross compile to 32 bits.
I'm trying to use the FTDI USB interface FTD2XX dll.
I have the version 2.04.06 FTD2XX lib, .h, and dll.
I had been using that dll successfully for ages but with older versions of cygwin and mingw.
Recently upgraded to cygwin64.
The app appears to link with the FTD2XX.lib without complaint.
But when I run the app it doesn't seem to look for or load the FTD2XX.dll.
The app runs but crashes as soon as it tries to call something in FTD2XX dll.
I created a simple hello_dll.dll for side by side test. That works.
The app.c does calls on both hello_dll.dll and ftd2xx.dll.
Is starts without complain, successfully calls function in hello_dll, and then it crashes on a call to ft2xx.dll.
(I renamed the lib to ftd2xx_2.04.06 to distinguish them from other versions I have. Newer versions don't work any better.)
Link with -verbose gives:
i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -Wall -m32 -g -O2 -c -I . -o app.o app.c
i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -Wall -m32 -o app.exe app.o -Wl,-verbose -L. -lhello_dll -lftd2xx_2.04.06
GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.34.50.20200227
Supported emulations:
i386pe
using internal linker script:
<snip>
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld: mode i386pe
attempt to open /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/../lib/crt2.o succeeded
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/../lib/crt2.o
attempt to open /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/crtbegin.o succeeded
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/crtbegin.o
attempt to open app.o succeeded
app.o
<snip>
attempt to open ./hello_dll.lib succeeded
./hello_dll.lib
(./hello_dll.lib)d000001.o
(./hello_dll.lib)d000000.o
(./hello_dll.lib)d000002.o
<snip>
attempt to open ./ftd2xx_2.04.06.lib succeeded
./ftd2xx_2.04.06.lib
(./ftd2xx_2.04.06.lib)FTD2XX.dll
(./ftd2xx_2.04.06.lib)FTD2XX.dll
(./ftd2xx_2.04.06.lib)FTD2XX.dll
(./ftd2xx_2.04.06.lib)FTD2XX.dll
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I obtained a 32 bit compatible version of gdb. When I run gdb:
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.7.50.20140303-cvs
<snip>
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-mingw32".
<snip>
(gdb) break main
(gdb) Breakpoint 1 at 0x40267b: file app.c, line 28.
(gdb) run
(gdb) Starting program: C:\_d\aaa\pd\src\dll\pathological\app.exe
[New Thread 1428.0x2528]
Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0x9b2f70) at app.c:28
28 dostuff();
(gdb) info share
(gdb) From To Syms Read Shared Object Library
0x774e0000 0x77644ccc Yes (*) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
0x753d0000 0x754cadec Yes (*) C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
0x75ea1000 0x75ee6a3a Yes (*) C:\Windows\syswow64\KernelBase.dll
0x64081000 0x6408a1d8 Yes C:\_d\aaa\pd\src\dll\pathological\hello_dll.dll
0x75041000 0x750eb2c4 Yes (*) C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
(*): Shared library is missing debugging information.
(gdb) A debugging session is active.
(gdb) c
Continuing.
Hello dll. <--- The function in hello_dll.dll prints this.
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x8000004c in ?? () <----- call to FT_GetLibraryVersion()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x8000004c in ?? ()
#1 0x0040158e in dostuff () at app.c:49
#2 0x00402680 in main (argc=1, argv=0x8e2f70) at app.c:28
(gdb)
It links with the lib without complaint but when I run the exe it (silently) doesn't load the dll.
Anybody have any ideas? Is there some linker control that I am missing? Are there other diagnostic or debug tools to dig into this further?
:::::::::::::::::::::::
edit 7/11/20
I'll post some code. (If I know how. I'm new here.)
It should be shown in the "info share", but it isn't, as you can see above.
I'm suspecting name decoration. Objdump -x of the .exe shows an entry for FTD2XX.dll in the Import Tables. But it doesn't show any vma or bound name under it. I suspect that at program load the loader sees no vma/name and decides it doesn't really need to load the dll.
There is an import table in .idata at 0x406000
<snip>
The Import Tables (interpreted .idata section contents)
vma: Hint Time Forward DLL First
Table Stamp Chain Name Thunk
00006000 0000607c 00000000 00000000 00006218 0000614c
DLL Name: FTD2XX.dll
vma: Hint/Ord Member-Name Bound-To
<----- empty?
00006014 00006080 00000000 00000000 000064f8 00006150
DLL Name: hello_dll.dll
vma: Hint/Ord Member-Name Bound-To
6224 1 hello_dll
00006028 00006088 00000000 00000000 00006554 00006158
DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll
vma: Hint/Ord Member-Name Bound-To
6230 277 DeleteCriticalSection
6248 310 EnterCriticalSection
<snip>
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
edit 2, 7/11/20
This is the program that calls functions in the DLLs.
/* app.c
Demonstrates using the function imported from the DLL.
*/
// 200708 pathological case. Based on the simple hello_dll.
//#include <stdlib.h>
// for sleep
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
// for dword
#include <windef.h>
// for lpoverlapped
#include <minwinbase.h>
#include "hello_dll.h"
// My legacy app, and really all others too, use 2.04.06.h
#include "ftd2xx_2.04.06.h"
//#include "ftd2xx_2.02.04.h"
///////////////////////////
void dostuff( void );
void call_ft_listdevices( void );
///////////////////////////
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
FT_STATUS status;
DWORD libver;
//dostuff();
printf( "Calling hello_dll():\n" );
fflush( stdout );
hello_dll();
fflush( stdout );
printf( "Back from hello_dll()\n" );
fflush( stdout );
sleep( 1 );
printf( "Calling FT_GetLibraryVersion().\n" );
fflush( stdout );
status = FT_GetLibraryVersion( &libver );
if( status == FT_OK ){
printf( "FTD2XX library version 0x%lx\n", libver );
fflush( stdout );
}
else{
printf( "Error reading FTD2XX library version.\n" );
fflush( stdout );
}
// 200710 Adding call to different ft function did
// not result in entries in the import table.
//call_ft_listdevices( );
return 0;
}
I don't think there is a need to include the code for my hello_dll. It works.
I have three versions of the FTD2XX. I'm pretty careful about tracking versions. Plus, when one is beating one's head against the wall, double checking the versions appeals early on as a way to end the pain.
I found a surprise copy of FTD2XX.dll. It's in c:/Windows/SysWOW64. It is the oldest of the three versions I have. Versions of my app that were compiled before this problem started run correctly using that dll in that place.
Solved.
There's a bug in the 2.34.50.20200227 i686-w64-mingw32-ld.exe. It won't work with ftd2xx.lib, regardless of ftd2xx version as far as I can tell.
2.25.51.20150320 and 2.29.1.20171006 work with ftd2xx.lib. I've reverted back to 2.29 mingw64-i686-binutils. I'm running again.

Why is valgrind complaining about the perfectly fine initialized buffer?

This is the test code "valgrind.c". It initializes an on stack buffer, then does a simple string compare over it.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main( void)
{
char buf[ 6];
memset( buf, 'X', sizeof( buf));
if( strncmp( buf, "XXXX", 4))
abort();
return( 0);
}
I compile this with cc -O0 -g valgrind.c -o valgrind.
Running on its own, it does fine.
When I run it through valgrind --track-origins=yes ./valgrind though this gives me:
==28182== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==28182== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==28182== at 0x4E058CC: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so)
==28182== by 0x4CAA09A: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so)
==28182== Uninitialised value was created by a stack allocation
==28182== at 0x4CA9FBD: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so)
That really makes no sense to me. I am running this on Ubuntu 18.10.
The answer was that the valgrind libraries were buggy. After a complete dist-upgrade, things work now as expected. The version number of valgrind and the executable remain the same though (my current dpkg number is now 1:3.13.0-2ubuntu6, I forgot to jot down the old one, sorry).
These were the strace opened libraries with their shasums. Thre is actually a difference in libraries opened and you can see that the libc and the actual test and valgrind executable are unchanged in both scenarios:
Broken:
41bd206c714bcd2be561b477d756a4104dddd2d3578040cca30ff06d19730d61 /etc/ld.so.cache
b0d9f1bc02b4500cff157d16b2761b9b2420151cc129de37ccdecf6d3005a1e0 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
b0d9f1bc02b4500cff157d16b2761b9b2420151cc129de37ccdecf6d3005a1e0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.28.so
701e316140eda639d651efad20b187a0811ea4deac0a52f8bcd322dffbb29d94 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so
701e316140eda639d651efad20b187a0811ea4deac0a52f8bcd322dffbb29d94 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
38705bdbed45a77c2de28bedf5560d6ca016d57861bf60caa42255ceab8f076a /tmp/valgrind
4652774bd116cb49951ef74115ad4237cad5021b2bd4d80002f09d986ec438b9 /usr/bin/valgrind
0369719ef5fe66d467a385299396bab0937002694ffc78027ede22c09d39abf3 /usr/lib/valgrind/default.supp
16b5f1e6ae25663620edb8f8d4a7f1a392e059d6cf9eb20a270129295548ffb2 /usr/lib/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux
6335747b07b2e8a6150fbfa777ade9bd80d56626bba9772d61c7d33328e68bda /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_core-amd64-linux.so
827b4c18aefad7788b6e654b1519d3caa1ab223cf7a6ba58d22d7ad7d383b032 /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so
38705bdbed45a77c2de28bedf5560d6ca016d57861bf60caa42255ceab8f076a ./valgrind
Healthy:
b0d9f1bc02b4500cff157d16b2761b9b2420151cc129de37ccdecf6d3005a1e0 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
b0d9f1bc02b4500cff157d16b2761b9b2420151cc129de37ccdecf6d3005a1e0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.28.so
701e316140eda639d651efad20b187a0811ea4deac0a52f8bcd322dffbb29d94 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so
701e316140eda639d651efad20b187a0811ea4deac0a52f8bcd322dffbb29d94 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
38705bdbed45a77c2de28bedf5560d6ca016d57861bf60caa42255ceab8f076a /tmp/valgrind
4652774bd116cb49951ef74115ad4237cad5021b2bd4d80002f09d986ec438b9 /usr/bin/valgrind
391826262f9dc33565a8ac0b762ba860951267e73b0b4db7d02d1fd62782f8c8 /usr/lib/debug/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.28.so
3ab1f160af6c3198de45f286dd569fad7ae976a89ff1655e955ef0544b8b5d6c /usr/lib/debug/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so
ae4ea44f87787b9b80d19a69ad287195dc7840eea08c08732d36d2ef1e6ecff3 /usr/lib/valgrind/default.supp
ba18f39979d22efc89340b839257f953a505ef5ca774b5bf06edd78ecb6ed86e /usr/lib/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux
1649637bba73e84b962222f3756cc810c5413239ed180e0029cd98f069612613 /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_core-amd64-linux.so
ab1501fa569e0185dea7248648255276ca965bbe270803dcbb930a22ea7a59b7 /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so
38705bdbed45a77c2de28bedf5560d6ca016d57861bf60caa42255ceab8f076a ./valgrind
Thanks for the helpful comments, especially from Florian, which put me on the right track.

Import class-dump info into GDB

Is there a way to import the output from class-dump into GDB?
Example code:
$ cat > test.m
#include <stdio.h>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#interface TestClass : NSObject
+ (int)randomNum;
#end
#implementation TestClass
+ (int)randomNum {
return 4; // chosen by fair dice roll.
// guaranteed to be random.
}
#end
int main(void) {
printf("num: %d\n", [TestClass randomNum]);
return 0;
}
^D
$ gcc test.m -lobjc -o test
$ ./test
num: 4
$ gdb test
...
(gdb) b +[TestClass randomNum]
Breakpoint 1 at 0x100000e5c
(gdb) ^D
$ strip test
$ gdb test
...
(gdb) b +[TestClass randomNum]
Function "+[TestClass randomNum]" not defined.
(gdb) ^D
$ class-dump -A test
...
#interface TestClass : NSObject
{
}
+ (int)randomNum; // IMP=0x0000000100000e50
#end
I know I can now use b *0x0000000100000e50 in gdb, but is there a way of modifying GDB's symbol table to make it accept b +[TestClass randomNum]?
Edit: It would be preferably if it would work with GDB v6 and not only GDB v7, as GDB v6 is the latest version with Apple's patches.
It’s possible to load a symbol file in gdb with the add-symbol-file command. The hardest part is to produce this symbol file.
With the help of libMachObjC (which is part of class-dump), it’s very easy to dump all addresses and their corresponding Objective-C methods. I have written a small tool, objc-symbols which does exactly this.
Let’s use Calendar.app as an example. If you try to list the symbols with the nm tool, you will notice that the Calendar app has been stripped:
$ nm -U /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/MacOS/Calendar
0000000100000000 T __mh_execute_header
0000000005614542 - 00 0000 OPT radr://5614542
But with objc-symbols you can easily retrieve the addresses of all the missing Objective-C methods:
$ objc-symbols /Applications/Calendar.app
00000001000c774c +[CALCanvasAttributedText textWithPosition:size:text:]
00000001000c8936 -[CALCanvasAttributedText createTextureIfNeeded]
00000001000c8886 -[CALCanvasAttributedText bounds]
00000001000c883b -[CALCanvasAttributedText updateBezierRepresentation]
...
00000001000309eb -[CALApplication applicationDidFinishLaunching:]
...
Then, with SymTabCreator you can create a symbol file, which is just actually an empty dylib with all the symbols.
Using objc-symbols and SymTabCreator together is straightforward:
$ objc-symbols /Applications/Calendar.app | SymTabCreator -o Calendar.stabs
You can check that Calendar.stabs contains all the symbols:
$ nm Calendar.stabs
000000010014a58b T +[APLCALSource printingCachedTextSize]
000000010013e7c5 T +[APLColorSource alternateGenerator]
000000010013e780 T +[APLColorSource defaultColorSource]
000000010013e7bd T +[APLColorSource defaultGenerator]
000000010011eb12 T +[APLConstraint constraintOfClass:withProperties:]
...
00000001000309eb T -[CALApplication applicationDidFinishLaunching:]
...
Now let’s see what happens in gdb:
$ gdb --silent /Applications/Calendar.app
Reading symbols for shared libraries ................................. done
Without the symbol file:
(gdb) b -[CALApplication applicationDidFinishLaunching:]
Function "-[CALApplication applicationDidFinishLaunching:]" not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
And after loading the symbol file:
(gdb) add-symbol-file Calendar.stabs
add symbol table from file "Calendar.stabs"? (y or n) y
Reading symbols from /Users/0xced/Calendar.stabs...done.
(gdb) b -[CALApplication applicationDidFinishLaunching:]
Breakpoint 1 at 0x1000309f2
You will notice that the breakpoint address does not exactly match the symbol address (0x1000309f2 vs 0x1000309eb, 7 bytes of difference), this is because gdb automatically recognizes the function prologue and sets the breakpoint just after.
GDB script
You can use this GDB script to automate this, given that the stripped executable is the current target.
Add the script from below to your .gdbinit, target the stripped executable and run the command objc_symbols in gdb:
$ gdb test
...
(gdb) b +[TestClass randomNum]
Function "+[TestClass randomNum]" not defined.
(gdb) objc_symbols
(gdb) b +[TestClass randomNum]
Breakpoint 1 at 0x100000ee1
(gdb) ^D
define objc_symbols
shell rm -f /tmp/gdb-objc_symbols
set logging redirect on
set logging file /tmp/gdb-objc_symbols
set logging on
info target
set logging off
shell target="$(head -1 /tmp/gdb-objc_symbols | head -1 | awk -F '"' '{ print $2 }')"; objc-symbols "$target" | SymTabCreator -o /tmp/gdb-symtab
set logging on
add-symbol-file /tmp/gdb-symtab
set logging off
end
There is no direct way to do this (that I know of), but it seems like a great idea.
And now there is a way to do it... nice answer, 0xced!
The DWARF file format is well documented, IIRC, and, as the lldb source is available, you have a working example of a parser.
Since the source to class-dump is also available, it shouldn't be too hard to modify it to spew DWARF output that could then be loaded into the debugger.
Obviously, you wouldn't be able to dump symbols with full fidelity, but this would probably be quite useful.
You can use DSYMCreator.
With DSYMCreator, you can create a symbol file from an iOS executable binary.
It's a toolchain, so you can use it like this.
$ ./main.py --only-objc /path/to/binary/xxx
Then a file /path/to/binary/xxx.symbol will be created, which is a DWARF format symbol. you can import it to lldb by yourself.
Apart from that, DSYMCreator also supports to export symbols from IDA Pro, you can use it like this.
$ ./main.py /path/to/binary/xxx
YES, just ignore --only-objc flag. Then the IDA Pro will run automatically, and then a file /path/to/binary/xxx.symbol will be created, which is the symbol file.
Thanks 0xced for creating objc-symbols, which is a part of DSYMCreator toolchain.
BTW, https://github.com/tobefuturer/restore-symbol is another choice.

Contiki compile error, " ERROR: address 0x820003 out of range at line 1740 of..."

I started to use contiki operating system with atmel atmega128rfa1.
I can compile my example, but the hex file is bad. The error is:
ERROR: address 0x820003 out of range at line 1740 of ipso.hex (i am not using IPSO, just i kept this name).
When I compile in linux system the code is program size is 27804 byte and the data is 4809byte.
When I compile in windows the program is 28292 and the data is 4791.
I use only one process and one etimer, I would like to turn on and off 1 led.
the makefile consinst of:
`
TARGET=avr-atmega128rfa1
CONTIKI = ../..
include $(CONTIKI)/Makefile.include
all:
make -f Makefile.ipso TARGET=avr-atmega128rfa1 ipso.elf
avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom ipso.elf ipso.hex
avr-size -C --mcu=atmega128rfa1 ipso.elf `
i can't program the controller. What is the problem?
thank you.
Special sections in the .elf file start above 0x810000 and must be removed when generating a hex file for programming a particular memory, e.g.
$ avr-objdump -h webserver6.avr-atmega128rfa1
webserver6.avr-atmega128rfa1: file format elf32-avr
Sections:
Idx Name Size VMA LMA File off Algn
0 .data 00001bda 00800200 0000e938 0000ea2c 2**0
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
1 .text 0000e938 00000000 00000000 000000f4 2**1
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE
2 .bss 000031a6 00801dda 00801dda 00010606 2**0
ALLOC
3 .eeprom 00000029 00810000 00810000 00010606 2**0
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
4 .fuse 00000003 00820000 00820000 0001062f 2**0
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
5 .signature 00000003 00840000 00840000 00010632 2**0
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, DATA
So,
avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom -R .fuse -R signature ipso.elf ipso.hex
alternately, only copy the desired sections:
avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .text -j .data ipso.elf ipso.hex
avr-objcopy --change-section-lma .eeprom=0
this works for me

making valgrind abort on error for heap corruption checking?

I'd like to try using valgrind to do some heap corruption detection. With the following corruption "unit test":
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
char * c = (char *) malloc(10) ;
memset( c, 0xAB, 20 ) ;
printf("not aborted\n") ;
return 0 ;
}
I was suprised to find that valgrind doesn't abort on error, but just produces a message:
valgrind -q --leak-check=no a.out
==11097== Invalid write of size 4
==11097== at 0x40061F: main (in /home/hotellnx94/peeterj/tmp/a.out)
==11097== Address 0x51c6048 is 8 bytes inside a block of size 10 alloc'd
==11097== at 0x4A2058F: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:236)
==11097== by 0x400609: main (in /home/hotellnx94/peeterj/tmp/a.out)
...
not aborted
I don't see a valgrind option to abort on error (like gnu-libc's mcheck does, but I can't use mcheck because it isn't thread safe). Does anybody know if that is possible (our code dup2's stdout to /dev/null since it runs as a daemon, so a report isn't useful and I'd rather catch the culprit in the act or closer to it).
There is no such option in valgrind.
Consider adding a non-daemon mode (debug mode) into your daemon.
http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/mc-manual.html#mc-manual.clientreqs 4.6 explains some requests from debugged program to valgrind+memcheck, so you can use some of this in your daemon to do some checks at fixed code positions.