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Learning Linux Binary Analysis

You're reading from   Learning Linux Binary Analysis Learning Linux Binary Analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782167105
Length 282 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. The Linux Environment and Its Tools FREE CHAPTER 2. The ELF Binary Format 3. Linux Process Tracing 4. ELF Virus Technology – Linux/Unix Viruses 5. Linux Binary Protection 6. ELF Binary Forensics in Linux 7. Process Memory Forensics 8. ECFS – Extended Core File Snapshot Technology 9. Linux /proc/kcore Analysis Index

The process register state and flags


The user_regs_struct structure for x86_64 contains the general-purpose registers, segmentation registers, stack pointer, instruction pointer, CPU flags, and TLS registers:

<sys/user.h>
struct user_regs_struct
{
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r15;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r14;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r13;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r12;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rbp;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rbx;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r11;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r10;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r9;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int r8;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rax;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rcx;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rdx;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rsi;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rdi;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int orig_rax;
  __extension__ unsigned long long int rip...
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