lorenz.stechauner/BSc-Thesis
1
0
Fork 0
Code Activity

Update doc/README

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Lorenz Stechauner
2025-01-02 11:59:29 +01:00
parent 8316726635
commit 230ec520bc
1 changed files with 39 additions and 10 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

49
doc/README.md
View File

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
Intercepting Function/System Calls in Linux Intercepting and Manipulating Function and System Calls in Linux
=========================================== ================================================================
Option 1: `LD_PRELOAD` Option 1: Preloading (`LD_PRELOAD`)
---------------------- -----------------------------------
From the [ENVIRONMENT section in the Linux manual page ld.so(8)](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ld.so.8.html#ENVIRONMENT):
> **`LD_PRELOAD`**
>
> A list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared objects to be loaded before all others.
> This feature can be used to selectively override functions in other shared objects.
> [...]
* No need to re-link * No need to re-link
* Works for *all* functions * Works for *all* functions
@@ -36,8 +44,31 @@ LD_PRELOAD="$(pwd)/preload.so" ./main
``` ```
Option 2: `gcc --wrap` Option 2: Wrapper functions (`gcc -Wl,--wrap=`, `ld --wrap=`)
---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------
From the [OPTIONS section in the Linux manual page ld(1)](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ld.1.html#OPTIONS):
> **`--wrap=symbol`**
>
> Use a wrapper function for *symbol*.
> Any undefined reference to *symbol* will be resolved to `__wrap_<symbol>`.
> Any undefined reference to `__real_<symbol>` will be resolved to *symbol*.
>
> This can be used to provide a wrapper for a system function.
> The wrapper function should be called `__wrap_<symbol>`.
> If it wishes to call the system function, it should call `__real_<symbol>`.
> [...]
From the [OPTIONS section in the Linux manual page gcc(1)](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/gcc.1.html#OPTIONS):
> **`-Wl,option`**
>
> Pass *option* as an option to the linker.
> If *option* contains commas, it is split into multiple options at the commas.
> You can use this syntax to pass an argument to the option.
> For example, `-Wl,-Map,output.map` passes `-Map output.map` to the linker.
> When using the GNU linker, you can also get the same effect with `-Wl,-Map=output.map`.
* Need to re-link(/-comiple) * Need to re-link(/-comiple)
* Relatively simple code: * Relatively simple code:
@@ -49,8 +80,6 @@ Option 2: `gcc --wrap`
Example (`wrap.c`): Example (`wrap.c`):
```c ```c
#include <stdlib.h>
extern void *__real_malloc(size_t size); extern void *__real_malloc(size_t size);
void *__wrap_malloc(size_t size) { void *__wrap_malloc(size_t size) {
@@ -67,8 +96,8 @@ gcc -o main_wrapped main.c wrap.c -Wl,--wrap=malloc
``` ```
Option 3: Linux kernel Option 3: Kernel module
---------------------- -----------------------
* Only works with Linux system calls * Only works with Linux system calls
* Also works with statically linked executables * Also works with statically linked executables