SMsmoors·Jun 10, 2024
similar tool: lddtree
https://github.com/gentoo/pax-utils/tree/master
In Libtree: Ldd as a tree saying why a library is found or notgentoo
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gentoo / pax-utils
pax-utils
[MIRROR] ELF related utils for ELF 32/64 binaries that can check files for security relevant properties
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3 sourceshttps://github.com/gentoo/pax-utils/blob/master/lddtree.py already does this. Cool to see though, very useful
In Libtree: Turns ldd into a tree; explains why shared libraries are found or notInteresting, pax-utils-v1.2.5 on Arch Linux 5.10.9-arch1-1:
> pspax
USER PID PAX MAPS ETYPE NAME CAPS ATTR
[1] 3209832 invalid system call (core dumped) pspax
Stack trace of thread 3209832:
#0 0x00007fbdb92d89ab __socket (libc.so.6 + 0x1019ab)
#1 0x00007fbdb930dce0 open_socket (libc.so.6 + 0x136ce0)
#2 0x00007fbdb930e1de __nscd_get_mapping (libc.so.6 + 0x1371de)
#3 0x00007fbdb930e62f __nscd_get_map_ref (libc.so.6 + 0x13762f)
#4 0x00007fbdb930ac47 nscd_getpw_r (libc.so.6 + 0x133c47)
#5 0x00007fbdb930b0b6 __nscd_getpwuid_r (libc.so.6 + 0x1340b6)
#6 0x00007fbdb92a3895 getpwuid_r@@GLIBC_2.2.5 (libc.so.6 + 0xcc895)
#7 0x00007fbdb92a2eeb getpwuid (libc.so.6 + 0xcbeeb)
#8 0x0000558995732566 n/a (pspax + 0x4566)
#9 0x00007fbdb91ff152 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x28152)
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#10 0x0000558995732e8e n/a (pspax + 0x4e8e)
Dump of assembler code for function socket:
0x00007fb1d04139a0 <+0>: endbr64
0x00007fb1d04139a4 <+4>: mov $0x29,%eax
0x00007fb1d04139a9 <+9>: syscall
=> 0x00007fb1d04139ab <+11>: cmp $0xfffffffffffff001,%rax
0x00007fb1d04139b1 <+17>: jae 0x7fb1d04139b4 <socket+20>
0x00007fb1d04139b3 <+19>: ret
0x00007fb1d04139b4 <+20>: mov 0xc0495(%rip),%rcx # 0x7fb1d04d3e50
This can be a system library incompatibility though as don't have all system packages up-to-date.
The code compiled from https://github.com/gentoo/pax-utils runs but displays just = under CAPS for every process.
So I am not sure it is generally usable outside of Gentoo (yet).