Print the symbol table of an ELF file - c

I have a program which uses the mmap system call:
map_start = mmap(0, fd_stat.st_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE , MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)
and a header variable:
header = (Elf32_Ehdr *) map_start;
How can I access the symbol table and print its whole content with the header variable?

You get the section table by looking at the e_shoff field of the elf header:
sections = (Elf32_Shdr *)((char *)map_start + header->e_shoff);
You can now search throught the section table for the section with type SHT_SYMBTAB, which is the symbol table.
for (i = 0; i < header->e_shnum; i++)
if (sections[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
symtab = (Elf32_Sym *)((char *)map_start + sections[i].sh_offset);
break; }
Of course, you should also do lots of sanity checking in case your file is not an ELF file or has been corrupted in some way.
The linux elf(5) manual page has lots of info about the format.

Here is an example: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/817-0679/6mgfb878d/index.html
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <libelf.h>
#include <gelf.h>
void
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
Elf *elf;
Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
GElf_Shdr shdr;
Elf_Data *data;
int fd, ii, count;
elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ, NULL);
while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != NULL) {
gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr);
if (shdr.sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
/* found a symbol table, go print it. */
break;
}
}
data = elf_getdata(scn, NULL);
count = shdr.sh_size / shdr.sh_entsize;
/* print the symbol names */
for (ii = 0; ii < count; ++ii) {
GElf_Sym sym;
gelf_getsym(data, ii, &sym);
printf("%s\n", elf_strptr(elf, shdr.sh_link, sym.st_name));
}
elf_end(elf);
close(fd);
}

Related

Is the "mmap tutorial" incorrect, or does GCC miscompile it?

This mmap tutorial from 15 years ago ranks high in Google searches, but it actually runs subtly incorrectly on my Linux system.
mmap_write.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#define FILEPATH "/tmp/mmapped.bin"
#define NUMINTS (1000)
#define FILESIZE (NUMINTS * sizeof(int))
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
int fd;
int result;
int *map; /* mmapped array of int's */
/* Open a file for writing.
* - Creating the file if it doesn't exist.
* - Truncating it to 0 size if it already exists. (not really needed)
*
* Note: "O_WRONLY" mode is not sufficient when mmaping.
*/
fd = open(FILEPATH, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, (mode_t)0600);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("Error opening file for writing");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Stretch the file size to the size of the (mmapped) array of ints
*/
result = lseek(fd, FILESIZE-1, SEEK_SET);
if (result == -1) {
close(fd);
perror("Error calling lseek() to 'stretch' the file");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Something needs to be written at the end of the file to
* have the file actually have the new size.
* Just writing an empty string at the current file position will do.
*
* Note:
* - The current position in the file is at the end of the stretched
* file due to the call to lseek().
* - An empty string is actually a single '\0' character, so a zero-byte
* will be written at the last byte of the file.
*/
result = write(fd, "", 1);
if (result != 1) {
close(fd);
perror("Error writing last byte of the file");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Now the file is ready to be mmapped.
*/
map = mmap(0, FILESIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
close(fd);
perror("Error mmapping the file");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Now write int's to the file as if it were memory (an array of ints).
*/
for (i = 1; i <=NUMINTS; ++i) {
map[i] = 2 * i;
}
/* Don't forget to free the mmapped memory
*/
if (munmap(map, FILESIZE) == -1) {
perror("Error un-mmapping the file");
/* Decide here whether to close(fd) and exit() or not. Depends... */
}
/* Un-mmaping doesn't close the file, so we still need to do that.
*/
close(fd);
return 0;
}
mmap_read.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#define FILEPATH "/tmp/mmapped.bin"
#define NUMINTS (1000)
#define FILESIZE (NUMINTS * sizeof(int))
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
int fd;
int *map; /* mmapped array of int's */
fd = open(FILEPATH, O_RDONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("Error opening file for reading");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
map = mmap(0, FILESIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
close(fd);
perror("Error mmapping the file");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Read the file int-by-int from the mmap
*/
for (i = 1; i <=NUMINTS; ++i) {
printf("%d: %d\n", i, map[i]);
}
if (munmap(map, FILESIZE) == -1) {
perror("Error un-mmapping the file");
}
close(fd);
return 0;
}
If the file does not already exist, the output of mmap_read is
...
998: 1996
999: 1998
1000: 2000
But if it does, the output is
...
998: 1996
999: 1998
1000: 0
Should the author have flushed the write? Or is GCC miscompiling the code?
Edit: I noticed that it's the prior existence or non-existence of the file that makes a difference, not the compilation flag.
You are starting at the second element, and writing 2000 after the end of the map.
for (i = 1; i <=NUMINTS; ++i) {
map[i] = 2 * i;
}
should be
for (i = 0; i < NUMINTS; ++i) {
map[i] = 2 * ( i + 1 );
}
Demo
It's not a buffering issue. write is a system call, so the data passed to the OS directly. It doesn't mean the data has been written to disk when write returns, but it is in the OS's hands, so it's as if it was on disk as far as OS functions are concerned, including its memory-mapping functionality.
In C indexes are from zero. Writing and reading index 1000 you invoke undefined behaviour
Change to in the write.:
for (i = 1; i <=NUMINTS; ++i) {
map[i - 1] = 2 * i;
}
and reading to:
for (i = 1; i <=NUMINTS; ++i) {
printf("%d: %d\n", i, map[i-1]);
}

Using multithreads to copy a single file at the same time, outputting the same file down to the MD5 check sum

The problem I'm running into is that when the file tries to copy, it only copies part of the file and the other part is a bunch of unreadable characters. This is for an academic assignment that wants us to use barrier synchronization so we need to use open, write, and read.
I've reworked the thread function many times but if it's the problem I can change it again, I haven't changed the for loop in main at all so even that might be the problem but I don't know what it could be. Lastly, I don't really know what to do with the barrier; my professor was very vague and I can't really ask him questions, maybe the barrier is the part that I'm truly missing.
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>
typedef struct args {
int fd;
int copy;
long int start;
long int size;
}threadarg;
int barrier = 0;
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
void usage(char *progname);
int chkdst(char **argv);
void die(char *why);
long int filesize(char *srcpath);
void buildpath(char *src, char *dst, char **dstpath);
int isvalid(char *path, char *dst);
void *dowork(void *arg);
if (argc < 4) usage("a8");
int workers, i;
char *check;
workers = strtol(argv[3], &check, 10);
if (!check) usage("a8");
else if (!chkdst(&argv[2])) die ("DST not valid!");
long int size = filesize(argv[1]);
if (size == -1) die ("Could not find file size");
char *dstpath; buildpath(argv[1], argv[2], &dstpath);
if (!isvalid(argv[1], dstpath)) die ("scr not valid!");
long int chunksize = size / workers;
long int remainder = size % workers;
int fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
int copy = open(dstpath, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644);
if (fd < 0 || copy < 0) die("Fail to access or create files");
barrier = workers;
threadarg threadargs[workers];
pthread_t threads[workers];
for (i = 0; i < workers; i++)
{
threadargs[i].fd = fd;
threadargs[i].copy = copy;
threadargs[i].start = i * chunksize;
if (i == workers - 1)
threadargs[i].size = chunksize + remainder;
else
threadargs[i].size = chunksize;
if (pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, dowork, (void *) &threadargs[i]))
die("Thread Creation Failure");
}
for (i = 0; i < workers; i++)
pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);
}
void usage(char *progname)
{
fprintf(stderr, "./%s srcpath dstpath workercount\n", progname);
exit(0);
}
void die(char *why)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Program Killed...\nReason: %s\n", why);
exit(1);
}
long int filesize(char *srcpath)
{
struct stat st;
if(stat(srcpath, &st) != 0) return 0;
return st.st_size;
}
/*
void domd5(char *path)
{
}
*/
void *dowork(void *arg)
{
threadarg *args = (threadarg *)arg;
int fd = args->fd,
copy = args->copy, rd;
long int start = args->start,
size = args->size;
char bufs[2048], *remains;
lseek(fd, start, SEEK_SET);
lseek(copy, start, SEEK_SET);
printf("%d thread with offset %ldKB, reached barrier\n", (int) pthread_self(), start);
barrier--;
while (barrier > 0);
long int count = 0, remainder = 0, i;
for (i = 0; i < size; i += 2048)
{
if (i + 2048 > size)
{
remainder = size - count;
remains = malloc(remainder * sizeof(char));
rd = read (fd, remains, sizeof(remains));
if (write(copy, remains, rd) != rd)
die("Error accessing files during copy");
count += remainder;
}
else
{
rd = read(fd, bufs, sizeof(bufs));
if (write(copy, bufs, rd) != rd)
die("Error accessing files during copy");
count += 2048;
}
}
pthread_exit(NULL);
}
/* Takes a single pointer, *argv, and passes it to isdir()
to check if the directory exists. If isdir returns a 1 a
1 is returned from this module. Otherwise, an error message
is printed and a 0 is returned.
Calls isdir().
Called by main().
*/
int chkdst(char **argv)
{
int isdir(char *path);
if (isdir(*argv)) return 1;
return 0;
}
/* Uses the Stat struct to construct a struct, sbuf,
and uses stat() to obtain information from the file and
write it to sbuf. Uses S_ISDIR() on sbuf.st_mode to see
the mode of the file. A 1 is returned if the file is a
directory otherwise a 0 is returned.
Called by isvalid().
*/
int isdir(char *path)
{
struct stat sbuf;
if (stat(path, &sbuf)) return 0;
return S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode);
}
/* Uses the Stat struct to construct a struct, sbuf,
and uses stat() to obtain information from the file and
write it to sbuf. Uses S_ISREG on sbuf.st_mode to see if
the file is regular. A 1 is returned if the S_ISREG is true
otherwise a 0 is returned.
Called by isvalid().
*/
int isregular(char *path)
{
struct stat sbuf;
if (stat(path, &sbuf)) return 0;
return S_ISREG(sbuf.st_mode);
}
/* Checks if the source path is a directory first, then if its
a regular file return 0 if it is dir and if it isn't a regular
file, then checks if the destionation path was created or if
the file exist at the destination if either return 0, if none
of these return 1.
Calls isdir() and isregular().
Called by copyfiles().
*/
int isvalid(char *path, char *dst)
{
if (isdir(path))
{
return 0;
}
else if (!isregular(path))
{
return 0;
}
else if (dst == NULL)
{
return 0;
}
else if (isregular(dst))
{
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
/* Builds destination-path using strrchr() function from library,
dstpath is null on error and defined otherwise. The src file has
its original destination removed and replaced with the new one if
it has a original destination on it otherwise it is just added to
the end of the existing name of the file.
Called by copyfiles().
*/
void buildpath(char *src, char *dst, char **dstpath)
{
char *ptr;
int n;
ptr = strrchr(src, '/');
if (ptr) n = strlen(dst) + strlen(ptr) + 2;
else n = strlen(dst) + strlen(src) + 2;
*dstpath = malloc(n);
if (!dstpath) return;
if (ptr)
{
strcpy(*dstpath, dst);
strcat(*dstpath, ptr);
}
else
{
strcpy(*dstpath, dst);
strcat(*dstpath, "/");
strcat(*dstpath, src);
}
}

Retrieve symbol name of RELA in ELF executable

I am trying to retrieve the symbol name of RELA jump slots found in an ELF executable. Using libElf, I have managed to retrieve the address of the RELA but still trying to figure out how to get the symbol(-name).
According to How can I get the symbol name in struct "Elf64_Rela", the symbol is stored in the DYNSYM section which I tried to query but without satisfying results.
Here is what I've got so far (a little dirty though):
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <libelf.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <gelf.h>
#define LIB_PATH "/tmp/a.out"
int main(void)
{
int fd = open(LIB_PATH, O_RDONLY);
Elf *elf;
Elf_Scn *scn;
Elf_Data *rela_data = NULL;
Elf_Data *sym_data = NULL;
GElf_Shdr shdr_rela;
GElf_Shdr shdr_sym;
GElf_Rela rela;
GElf_Sym sym;
int count = 0;
elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ, NULL);
if (!elf)
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", elf_errmsg(elf_errno()));
for (scn = elf_getscn(elf, 0); scn; scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn))
{
gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_sym);
if (shdr_sym.sh_type == SHT_DYNSYM)
break;
}
sym_data = elf_getdata(scn, sym_data);
for (scn = elf_getscn(elf, 0); scn; scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn))
{
gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_rela);
if (shdr_rela.sh_type == SHT_RELA)
break;
}
scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn);
gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_rela);
rela_data = elf_getdata(scn, rela_data);
for (unsigned int it = 0; it < (shdr_rela.sh_size / shdr_rela.sh_entsize); ++it)
{
gelf_getrela(rela_data, it, &rela);
gelf_getsym(sym_data, GELF_R_SYM(rela.r_info), &sym);
printf("[%-8p]: (%d) %s\n", rela.r_offset, GELF_R_SYM(rela.r_info), elf_strptr(elf, shdr_rela.sh_link, sym.st_shndx));
}
elf_end(elf);
close(fd);
return 0;
}
How can I retrieve the name of the RELA present in my ELF executable ?
There are two incorrect arguments in the call to elf_strptr(). To find the symbol names, use:
elf_strptr(elf, shdr_sym.sh_link, sym.st_name)
Explanation: the names are in the dynsym section (shdr_sym), not the rela section, and the index of the name is identified by the field st_name not st_shndx.
This answer is obviously too late to be useful for the OP, but may be of interest to others trying to do the same.

got bus error when writing to mmap'ed file

Trying to use mmap to write to a file. Unfortunately the first write in the loop map[i] = i; will cause a bus error. Not sure why.
The PC runs Ubuntu 14.04 and the file /tmp/mmapped.bin has 12 bytes and the program is invoked with ./a.out 3.
Thanks
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#define FILEPATH "/tmp/mmapped.bin"
//#define NUMINTS (1000)
#define FILESIZE 0x400000000
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
int fd;
int *map; /* mmapped array of int's */
int size = atoi(argv[1]);
fd = open(FILEPATH, O_RDWR| O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("Error opening file for reading");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
map = mmap(0, 4 * size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
close(fd);
perror("Error mmapping the file");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
for (i = 1; i <= size; ++i) {
map[i] = i;
}
if (munmap(map, FILESIZE) == -1) {
perror("Error un-mmapping the file");
}
close(fd);
return 0;
}
In c you need to start at index 0. Because it will simply increment the pointer by the amount i and then dereference it. Your code dereferences the pointer beyond the allowed bound.
It should be,
for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
map[i] = i;
}
because it's equivalent to
for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
*(map + i) = i;
}
Also, use
map = mmap(0, size * sizeof *map, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
to ensure that enough space is allocated and that *(map + i) will be inside bounds. Don't use magic numbers.
According to the mmap man page a bus error (SIGBUS) happens when you read/write outside the bounds of the file.
The length of the mapping is separate from the length of the file. If your file is newly created its size will be 0, even if you specify a length with mmap. Resize the file with ftruncate after opening it.

mmap error on linux (using somethingelse)

Exactly, I thought that I finished my project until compiling isn't accepted on ubuntu because of mmap(). I'm trying to access(read) files by using fork(). It's okey. But, When I want to count number of read files, entered folder(directories) and child, I powned! How and What can I use or change mmap() because I get error: ‘MAP_ANON’ undeclared (first use in this function)|
. On mac, It's okey but on ubuntu error. Thank you for helps.
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 700
#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ftw.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#define MAX_PATH_LEN 2048
static int *wordCount = 0;
static int *childCount = 0;
static int *folderCount = 0;
int relatedWord(const char *arr);
int checkWord(const char arr[], int size);
void err_sys(const char *msg);
int disp(const char *filepath, const struct stat *finfo, int flag, struct FTW *ftw);
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
//struct stat finfo;
//int count = 0;
wordCount = mmap(NULL, sizeof *wordCount, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
childCount = mmap(NULL, sizeof *childCount, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
folderCount = mmap(NULL, sizeof *folderCount, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Wrong number of arguments!\nUsage: dirwalk6 <path>\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (nftw(argv[1], disp, 20, 0) < 0)
err_sys("ntfw");
printf( "\nTotal words = %d\n\n", *wordCount);
printf( "\nTotal folders = %d\n\n", *folderCount);
printf( "\nTotal childs = %d\n\n", *childCount);
return 0;
}
int disp(const char *filepath, const struct stat *finfo, int flag, struct FTW *ftw)
{
int count = 0; /* number of words */
switch (flag) {
case FTW_F: /* determining file */
printf("%*s%s\n", ftw->level * 4, "", filepath);
pid_t pid;
pid=fork();
if(pid < 0)
{
perror("Error corresponding to fork()");
}
else if (pid == 0)
{
count += relatedWord(filepath);
*wordCount += count;
*childCount += 1;
exit(1);
}
else
{
while( pid != wait(0) ) ;
}
// printf( "word = %d, file = %s \n", count,filepath);
break;
case FTW_D: /* determining folder */
printf("%*s%s\n", ftw->level * 4, "", filepath + ftw->base);
*folderCount += 1;
break;
}
return 0;
}
From the man page for mmap(2) (my bold):
Certain flags constants are defined only if either _BSD_SOURCE or _SVID_SOURCE is defined. (Requiring _GNU_SOURCE also suffices, and requiring that macro specifically would have been more logical, since these flags are all Linux specific.) The relevant flags are: MAP_32BIT, MAP_ANONYMOUS (and the synonym MAP_ANON), MAP_DENYWRITE, MAP_EXECUTABLE, MAP_FILE, MAP_GROWSDOWN, MAP_HUGETLB, MAP_LOCKED, MAP_NONBLOCK, MAP_NORESERVE, MAP_POPULATE, and MAP_STACK.
So you will need to define _BSD_SOURCE, _SVID_SOURCE or (if I read that right) _GNU_SOURCE at the top of the file, but in any event prior to
#include <sys/mman.h>
As per #mafso's comment, best to do this prior to any system header include (not least in case an another header itself includes <sys/mman.h>

Resources