Top "Elf" questions

Accessing ELF symbol table in C

I'm writing a program to mimic elfdump -ecps It currently prints out the elf header, program headers, and section headers …

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executing init and fini

I just read about init and fini sections in ELF files and gave it a try: #include <stdio.h&…

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readelf vs. objdump: why are both needed

I need to learn about the ELF file layout for a project I am working on and I noticed the …

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Is there a downside to using -Bsymbolic-functions?

I recently discovered the linker option "-Bsymbolic-functions" in GNU ld: -Bsymbolic When creating a shared library, bind references to global …

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Extract detailed symbol information (struct members) from elf file compiled with ARM-GCC

I’m using ARM-GCC 4.7.4 to compile Code for a Cortex-M4. For our Debug tool I need knowledge about names, types …

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What is the difference in byte code like Java bytecode and files and machine code executables like ELF?

What are the differences between the byte code binary executables such as Java class files, Parrot bytecode files or CLR …

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Print the symbol table of an ELF file

I have a program which uses the mmap system call: map_start = mmap(0, fd_stat.st_size, PROT_READ | PROT_…

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ELF, PIE ASLR and everything in between, specifically within Linux

Before asking my question, I would like to cover some few technical details I want to make sure I've got …

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ELF program header segments sizes and offsets

I am trying to understand the ELF format and right now there are some thing that I don't get about …

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How to convert Linux kernel Bin into ELF format

We have a Linux kernel binary which is without an ELF header, and our bootloader will be loading the kernel …

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