ELF symbols need versioning against libaries
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- OCaml
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Description
ELF symbol lookups, i.e.:
`rdr -m -f pthread_cond_signal` need explicit versioning against libraries in linux/ELF, otherwise an erroneous warning is posted that multiple libraries were resolved for the same symbol (itself usually, since multiple symbols with the same name modulo version are present in the library)
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Research direction
Start with the `rdr -m -f pthread_cond_signal` lookup path and trace how Linux/ELF symbol matches are resolved. Determine where symbol versions need to remain distinct; the work is done when versioned symbols no longer produce an erroneous multiple-library warning.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, ocaml
- Domain
- operating-systems, reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100