Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
mprotect missing from type libraries
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Component: Type Libraries
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Description
A user reported that we are missing the type library info for the mprotect function:
This can be verified from the API as well:
>>> type_lib = bv.platform.get_type_libraries_by_name('libc_x86_64.so.6')[0]
>>> bv.import_library_object('mprotect', type_lib)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported Python API calls with the libc_x86_64.so.6 type library and inspect how the mprotect entry is represented. Trace the type-library data or loading path that supplies libc symbols; done means importing mprotect through bv.import_library_object returns its type information correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100