Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
Pointers are created as 64bit
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Arch: 6502
Component: Type Parser
Effort: Trivial
Impact: Low
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Description
Pointers are created as 64 bit, instead of the expected 16bit, whether created via the UI with "y" or programmatically like this:
type = self.parse_type_string("void *vector");
self.define_data_var(0x8000, type[0])
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue through the UI with "y" and with the supplied parse_type_string and define_data_var calls. Trace how the pointer width is selected and verify that the resulting pointer type is 16-bit rather than 64-bit in both paths.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, python
- Domain
- devtools, reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100