Elf64_Phdr

Mark Wielaard mark@klomp.org
Thu Jun 27 14:05:00 GMT 2019


On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 20:01 +0000, Sasha Da Rocha Pinheiro wrote:
> So, I need to write an elf file. I have an open Elf * handle with
> read only permission. I then need to update the program headers and
> next add a new program header entry.
> For that we create an Elf * handle with write permission, and create
> the headers doing:
> elf64_newphdr(new_elf, old_elf->e_phnum)
> for loop: memcpy(newPhdr, oldPhdr, oldEhdr->e_phentsize);
>
> This is done because prior to memcpy, I perform changes (updates) in
> the values in the copied program headers.

Best to do this with:

/* Get the number of program headers in the ELF file.  If the file uses
   more headers than can be represented in the e_phnum field of the ELF
   header the information from the sh_info field in the zeroth section
   header is used.  */
extern int elf_getphdrnum (Elf *__elf, size_t *__dst);

Also, if you want to support either 64 or 32 bit ELF files, then using
gelf_getphdr () and gelf_updatephdr () in the loop might be better than
the memcpy.

> Now I need to add a new program header. How can I insert a new
> program header to the ones copied to newPhdr? The problem here is
> that I need to assess with the updated headers where to place a new
> header. It seems I can't call elf64_newphdr again on the new_elf
> handle.

Yes, if you want to shuffle the phdrs around and/or insert headers then
you need to keep around copies of the original headers. You could use
your own array of Elf64_Phdr or GElf_Phdr for that. Note that in the
case of gelf_getphdr () you already provide your own storage, so that
might be another reason to prefer the gelf interfaces.

Cheers,

Mark



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