Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
Setting function type unnecessarily creates user symbol
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Description
Version and Platform (required):
- Binary Ninja Version: 4.2.5916-dev
- OS: macOS
- OS Version: 15.1 Beta (24B5024e)
- CPU Architecture: M3
Bug Description:
Setting a function's type resets its symbol data, removing the symbol's raw name, full name, etc.
Steps To Reproduce:
Click on the function and press Y, then specify the new function type and then click accept. The symbol data will now be reset.
Expected Behavior:
The raw name, full name, etc should be kept intact and only the function type should be changed.
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Research direction
Start with the function-type change triggered by selecting a function, pressing Y, and accepting the new type. Reproduce the issue on macOS, then verify that changing the type preserves the symbol's raw name, full name, and other symbol data while changing only the function type.
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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
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- Mostly clear
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