microsoft / microsoft/litebox

Load-time synthesis and patching of kernel module ELF and kexec PE

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Description

Both ELF and PE loaders synthesize and patch binaries while loading them. This prevents us from faithfully validating whether loaded binary segments are correct.

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Research direction

Start by locating the ELF and PE loader entry points and tracing where binaries are synthesized or patched during loading. Compare that behavior with the segment-validation path; done means loaded binary segments can be faithfully validated without load-time synthesis or patching in both loaders.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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