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const std = @import("std.zig"); const builtin = @import("builtin"); const mem = std.mem; const testing = std.testing; const elf = std.elf; const windows = std.os.windows; const native_os = builtin.os.tag; const posix = std.posix; |
DynLibTrusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. |
/// Cross-platform dynamic library loading and symbol lookup. /// Platform-specific functionality is available through the `inner` field. pub const DynLib = struct { const InnerType = switch (native_os) { .linux => if (!builtin.link_libc or builtin.abi == .musl and builtin.link_mode == .static) ElfDynLib else DlDynLib, .windows => WindowsDynLib, .macos, .tvos, .watchos, .ios, .freebsd, .netbsd, .openbsd, .dragonfly, .solaris, .illumos => DlDynLib, else => @compileError("unsupported platform"), }; |
ErrorTrusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. |
inner: InnerType, |
open()Trusts the file. |
pub const Error = ElfDynLib.Error || DlDynLib.Error || WindowsDynLib.Error; |
openZ()TODO make it possible to reference this same external symbol 2x so we don't need this helper function. |
/// Trusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. pub fn open(path: []const u8) Error!DynLib { return .{ .inner = try InnerType.open(path) }; } |
close()Trusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. |
/// Trusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. pub fn openZ(path_c: [*:0]const u8) Error!DynLib { return .{ .inner = try InnerType.open(path_c) }; } |
lookup()Trusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. |
/// Trusts the file. pub fn close(self: *DynLib) void { return self.inner.close(); } |
IteratorTrusts the file |
pub fn lookup(self: *DynLib, comptime T: type, name: [:0]const u8) ?T { return self.inner.lookup(T, name); } |
ErrorElfDynLib specific Returns the address of the symbol |
}; |
next()WindowsDynLib specific Opens dynamic library with specified library loading flags. |
// The link_map structure is not completely specified beside the fields // reported below, any libc is free to store additional data in the remaining // space. // An iterator is provided in order to traverse the linked list in a idiomatic // fashion. const LinkMap = extern struct { l_addr: usize, l_name: [*:0]const u8, l_ld: ?*elf.Dyn, l_next: ?*LinkMap, l_prev: ?*LinkMap, |
get_DYNAMIC()WindowsDynLib specific Opens dynamic library with specified library loading flags. |
pub const Iterator = struct { current: ?*LinkMap, |
linkmap_iterator()WindowsDynLib specific |
pub fn end(self: *Iterator) bool { return self.current == null; } |
ElfDynLibWindowsDynLib specific Opens dynamic library with specified library loading flags. |
pub fn next(self: *Iterator) ?*LinkMap { if (self.current) |it| { self.current = it.l_next; return it; } return null; } }; |
ErrorDlDynLib specific
Returns human readable string describing most recent error than occurred from |
}; |
open() |
const RDebug = extern struct { r_version: i32, r_map: ?*LinkMap, r_brk: usize, r_ldbase: usize, |
Error |
}; |
close() |
/// TODO make it possible to reference this same external symbol 2x so we don't need this /// helper function. pub fn get_DYNAMIC() ?[*]elf.Dyn { return @extern([*]elf.Dyn, .{ .name = "_DYNAMIC", .linkage = .weak }); |
Error |
} |
lookupAddress() |
pub fn linkmap_iterator(phdrs: []elf.Phdr) error{InvalidExe}!LinkMap.Iterator { _ = phdrs; const _DYNAMIC = get_DYNAMIC() orelse { // No PT_DYNAMIC means this is either a statically-linked program or a // badly corrupted dynamically-linked one. return .{ .current = null }; }; |
Test:ElfDynLib |
const link_map_ptr = init: { var i: usize = 0; while (_DYNAMIC[i].d_tag != elf.DT_NULL) : (i += 1) { switch (_DYNAMIC[i].d_tag) { elf.DT_DEBUG => { const ptr = @as(?*RDebug, @ptrFromInt(_DYNAMIC[i].d_val)); if (ptr) |r_debug| { if (r_debug.r_version != 1) return error.InvalidExe; break :init r_debug.r_map; } }, elf.DT_PLTGOT => { const ptr = @as(?[*]usize, @ptrFromInt(_DYNAMIC[i].d_val)); if (ptr) |got_table| { // The address to the link_map structure is stored in // the second slot break :init @as(?*LinkMap, @ptrFromInt(got_table[1])); } }, else => {}, } } return .{ .current = null }; }; |
WindowsDynLib |
return .{ .current = link_map_ptr }; |
Error |
} |
open() |
pub const ElfDynLib = struct { strings: [*:0]u8, syms: [*]elf.Sym, hashtab: [*]posix.Elf_Symndx, versym: ?[*]u16, verdef: ?*elf.Verdef, memory: []align(mem.page_size) u8, |
openEx() |
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Error |
pub const Error = error{ FileTooBig, NotElfFile, NotDynamicLibrary, MissingDynamicLinkingInformation, ElfStringSectionNotFound, ElfSymSectionNotFound, ElfHashTableNotFound, } || posix.OpenError || posix.MMapError; |
openExZ() |
/// Trusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. pub fn open(path: []const u8) Error!ElfDynLib { const fd = try posix.open(path, .{ .ACCMODE = .RDONLY, .CLOEXEC = true }, 0); defer posix.close(fd); |
openW() |
const stat = try posix.fstat(fd); const size = std.math.cast(usize, stat.size) orelse return error.FileTooBig; |
openExW() |
// This one is to read the ELF info. We do more mmapping later // corresponding to the actual LOAD sections. const file_bytes = try posix.mmap( null, mem.alignForward(usize, size, mem.page_size), posix.PROT.READ, .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE }, fd, 0, ); defer posix.munmap(file_bytes); |
close() |
const eh = @as(*elf.Ehdr, @ptrCast(file_bytes.ptr)); if (!mem.eql(u8, eh.e_ident[0..4], elf.MAGIC)) return error.NotElfFile; if (eh.e_type != elf.ET.DYN) return error.NotDynamicLibrary; |
lookup() |
const elf_addr = @intFromPtr(file_bytes.ptr); |
DlDynLib |
// Iterate over the program header entries to find out the // dynamic vector as well as the total size of the virtual memory. var maybe_dynv: ?[*]usize = null; var virt_addr_end: usize = 0; { var i: usize = 0; var ph_addr: usize = elf_addr + eh.e_phoff; while (i < eh.e_phnum) : ({ i += 1; ph_addr += eh.e_phentsize; }) { const ph = @as(*elf.Phdr, @ptrFromInt(ph_addr)); switch (ph.p_type) { elf.PT_LOAD => virt_addr_end = @max(virt_addr_end, ph.p_vaddr + ph.p_memsz), elf.PT_DYNAMIC => maybe_dynv = @as([*]usize, @ptrFromInt(elf_addr + ph.p_offset)), else => {}, } } } const dynv = maybe_dynv orelse return error.MissingDynamicLinkingInformation; |
Error |
// Reserve the entire range (with no permissions) so that we can do MAP.FIXED below. const all_loaded_mem = try posix.mmap( null, virt_addr_end, posix.PROT.NONE, .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .ANONYMOUS = true }, -1, 0, ); errdefer posix.munmap(all_loaded_mem); |
open() |
const base = @intFromPtr(all_loaded_mem.ptr); |
openZ() |
// Now iterate again and actually load all the program sections. { var i: usize = 0; var ph_addr: usize = elf_addr + eh.e_phoff; while (i < eh.e_phnum) : ({ i += 1; ph_addr += eh.e_phentsize; }) { const ph = @as(*elf.Phdr, @ptrFromInt(ph_addr)); switch (ph.p_type) { elf.PT_LOAD => { // The VirtAddr may not be page-aligned; in such case there will be // extra nonsense mapped before/after the VirtAddr,MemSiz const aligned_addr = (base + ph.p_vaddr) & ~(@as(usize, mem.page_size) - 1); const extra_bytes = (base + ph.p_vaddr) - aligned_addr; const extended_memsz = mem.alignForward(usize, ph.p_memsz + extra_bytes, mem.page_size); const ptr = @as([*]align(mem.page_size) u8, @ptrFromInt(aligned_addr)); const prot = elfToMmapProt(ph.p_flags); if ((ph.p_flags & elf.PF_W) == 0) { // If it does not need write access, it can be mapped from the fd. _ = try posix.mmap( ptr, extended_memsz, prot, .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .FIXED = true }, fd, ph.p_offset - extra_bytes, ); } else { const sect_mem = try posix.mmap( ptr, extended_memsz, prot, .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .FIXED = true, .ANONYMOUS = true }, -1, 0, ); @memcpy(sect_mem[0..ph.p_filesz], file_bytes[0..ph.p_filesz]); } }, else => {}, } } } |
close() |
var maybe_strings: ?[*:0]u8 = null; var maybe_syms: ?[*]elf.Sym = null; var maybe_hashtab: ?[*]posix.Elf_Symndx = null; var maybe_versym: ?[*]u16 = null; var maybe_verdef: ?*elf.Verdef = null; |
lookup() |
{ var i: usize = 0; while (dynv[i] != 0) : (i += 2) { const p = base + dynv[i + 1]; switch (dynv[i]) { elf.DT_STRTAB => maybe_strings = @as([*:0]u8, @ptrFromInt(p)), elf.DT_SYMTAB => maybe_syms = @as([*]elf.Sym, @ptrFromInt(p)), elf.DT_HASH => maybe_hashtab = @as([*]posix.Elf_Symndx, @ptrFromInt(p)), elf.DT_VERSYM => maybe_versym = @as([*]u16, @ptrFromInt(p)), elf.DT_VERDEF => maybe_verdef = @as(*elf.Verdef, @ptrFromInt(p)), else => {}, } } } |
getError() |
return .{ .memory = all_loaded_mem, .strings = maybe_strings orelse return error.ElfStringSectionNotFound, .syms = maybe_syms orelse return error.ElfSymSectionNotFound, .hashtab = maybe_hashtab orelse return error.ElfHashTableNotFound, .versym = maybe_versym, .verdef = maybe_verdef, }; } |
Test:dynamic_library |
/// Trusts the file. Malicious file will be able to execute arbitrary code. pub fn openZ(path_c: [*:0]const u8) Error!ElfDynLib { return open(mem.sliceTo(path_c, 0)); } /// Trusts the file pub fn close(self: *ElfDynLib) void { posix.munmap(self.memory); self.* = undefined; } pub fn lookup(self: *const ElfDynLib, comptime T: type, name: [:0]const u8) ?T { if (self.lookupAddress("", name)) |symbol| { return @as(T, @ptrFromInt(symbol)); } else { return null; } } /// ElfDynLib specific /// Returns the address of the symbol pub fn lookupAddress(self: *const ElfDynLib, vername: []const u8, name: []const u8) ?usize { const maybe_versym = if (self.verdef == null) null else self.versym; const OK_TYPES = (1 << elf.STT_NOTYPE | 1 << elf.STT_OBJECT | 1 << elf.STT_FUNC | 1 << elf.STT_COMMON); const OK_BINDS = (1 << elf.STB_GLOBAL | 1 << elf.STB_WEAK | 1 << elf.STB_GNU_UNIQUE); var i: usize = 0; while (i < self.hashtab[1]) : (i += 1) { if (0 == (@as(u32, 1) << @as(u5, @intCast(self.syms[i].st_info & 0xf)) & OK_TYPES)) continue; if (0 == (@as(u32, 1) << @as(u5, @intCast(self.syms[i].st_info >> 4)) & OK_BINDS)) continue; if (0 == self.syms[i].st_shndx) continue; if (!mem.eql(u8, name, mem.sliceTo(self.strings + self.syms[i].st_name, 0))) continue; if (maybe_versym) |versym| { if (!checkver(self.verdef.?, versym[i], vername, self.strings)) continue; } return @intFromPtr(self.memory.ptr) + self.syms[i].st_value; } return null; } fn elfToMmapProt(elf_prot: u64) u32 { var result: u32 = posix.PROT.NONE; if ((elf_prot & elf.PF_R) != 0) result |= posix.PROT.READ; if ((elf_prot & elf.PF_W) != 0) result |= posix.PROT.WRITE; if ((elf_prot & elf.PF_X) != 0) result |= posix.PROT.EXEC; return result; } }; fn checkver(def_arg: *elf.Verdef, vsym_arg: i32, vername: []const u8, strings: [*:0]u8) bool { var def = def_arg; const vsym = @as(u32, @bitCast(vsym_arg)) & 0x7fff; while (true) { if (0 == (def.vd_flags & elf.VER_FLG_BASE) and (def.vd_ndx & 0x7fff) == vsym) break; if (def.vd_next == 0) return false; def = @as(*elf.Verdef, @ptrFromInt(@intFromPtr(def) + def.vd_next)); } const aux = @as(*elf.Verdaux, @ptrFromInt(@intFromPtr(def) + def.vd_aux)); return mem.eql(u8, vername, mem.sliceTo(strings + aux.vda_name, 0)); } test "ElfDynLib" { if (native_os != .linux) { return error.SkipZigTest; } try testing.expectError(error.FileNotFound, ElfDynLib.open("invalid_so.so")); } pub const WindowsDynLib = struct { pub const Error = error{ FileNotFound, InvalidPath, } || windows.LoadLibraryError; dll: windows.HMODULE, pub fn open(path: []const u8) Error!WindowsDynLib { return openEx(path, .none); } /// WindowsDynLib specific /// Opens dynamic library with specified library loading flags. pub fn openEx(path: []const u8, flags: windows.LoadLibraryFlags) Error!WindowsDynLib { const path_w = windows.sliceToPrefixedFileW(null, path) catch return error.InvalidPath; return openExW(path_w.span().ptr, flags); } pub fn openZ(path_c: [*:0]const u8) Error!WindowsDynLib { return openExZ(path_c, .none); } /// WindowsDynLib specific /// Opens dynamic library with specified library loading flags. pub fn openExZ(path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: windows.LoadLibraryFlags) Error!WindowsDynLib { const path_w = try windows.cStrToPrefixedFileW(null, path_c); return openExW(path_w.span().ptr, flags); } /// WindowsDynLib specific pub fn openW(path_w: [*:0]const u16) Error!WindowsDynLib { return openExW(path_w, .none); } /// WindowsDynLib specific /// Opens dynamic library with specified library loading flags. pub fn openExW(path_w: [*:0]const u16, flags: windows.LoadLibraryFlags) Error!WindowsDynLib { var offset: usize = 0; if (path_w[0] == '\\' and path_w[1] == '?' and path_w[2] == '?' and path_w[3] == '\\') { // + 4 to skip over the \??\ offset = 4; } return .{ .dll = try windows.LoadLibraryExW(path_w + offset, flags), }; } pub fn close(self: *WindowsDynLib) void { windows.FreeLibrary(self.dll); self.* = undefined; } pub fn lookup(self: *WindowsDynLib, comptime T: type, name: [:0]const u8) ?T { if (windows.kernel32.GetProcAddress(self.dll, name.ptr)) |addr| { return @as(T, @ptrCast(@alignCast(addr))); } else { return null; } } }; pub const DlDynLib = struct { pub const Error = error{ FileNotFound, NameTooLong }; handle: *anyopaque, pub fn open(path: []const u8) Error!DlDynLib { const path_c = try posix.toPosixPath(path); return openZ(&path_c); } pub fn openZ(path_c: [*:0]const u8) Error!DlDynLib { return .{ .handle = std.c.dlopen(path_c, std.c.RTLD.LAZY) orelse { return error.FileNotFound; }, }; } pub fn close(self: *DlDynLib) void { switch (posix.errno(std.c.dlclose(self.handle))) { .SUCCESS => return, else => unreachable, } self.* = undefined; } pub fn lookup(self: *DlDynLib, comptime T: type, name: [:0]const u8) ?T { // dlsym (and other dl-functions) secretly take shadow parameter - return address on stack // https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66826 if (@call(.never_tail, std.c.dlsym, .{ self.handle, name.ptr })) |symbol| { return @as(T, @ptrCast(@alignCast(symbol))); } else { return null; } } /// DlDynLib specific /// Returns human readable string describing most recent error than occurred from `lookup` /// or `null` if no error has occurred since initialization or when `getError` was last called. pub fn getError() ?[:0]const u8 { return mem.span(std.c.dlerror()); } }; test "dynamic_library" { const libname = switch (native_os) { .linux, .freebsd, .openbsd, .solaris, .illumos => "invalid_so.so", .windows => "invalid_dll.dll", .macos, .tvos, .watchos, .ios => "invalid_dylib.dylib", else => return error.SkipZigTest, }; try testing.expectError(error.FileNotFound, DynLib.open(libname)); } |
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