Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
Automatically type all block arguments in function definitions with Block_literal *
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Description
When parsing Objective-C and Swift function metadata, you often encounter blocks which are stack or global closures.
When you encounter these, apply a copy of the type Block_literal * to them.
struct Block_literal {
void *isa; // Pointer to block's class ("isa" pointer)
int flags; // Block flags
int reserved; // Reserved for future use
void (*invoke)(void *, ...); // Function pointer to the block's code
struct Block_descriptor *descriptor; // Pointer to block's descriptor
// ... captured variables (optional, not part of base header)
};
This type is the base type of all blocks in Objective-C and Swift. It will enable proper type propagation at all the call sites. The type is just the base type -- it can be further refined by parsing the Block_descriptor. I would prefer you make a copy of the block literal, because each call site will be different and we can fine the type in a second pass.
It goes a long way towards making ObjC and Swift easier to reverse
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, objective-c, swift
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100