1 /*
2 Copyright (C) 2001-present by Serge Lamikhov-Center
3
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21 */
22
23 /*
24 * This example shows how to create ELF executable file for Linux on x86-64
25 *
26 * Instructions:
27 * 1. Compile and link this file with ELFIO library
28 * g++ writer.cpp -o writer
29 * 2. Execute result file writer
30 * ./writer
31 * 3. Add executable flag for the output file
32 * chmod +x hello_x86_64
33 * 4. Run the result file:
34 * ./hello_x86_64
35 */
36
37 #include <elfio/elfio.hpp>
38
39 using namespace ELFIO;
40
41 const Elf64_Addr CODE_ADDR = 0x00401000;
42 const Elf_Xword PAGE_SIZE = 0x1000;
43 const Elf64_Addr DATA_ADDR = CODE_ADDR + PAGE_SIZE;
44
main(void)45 int main( void )
46 {
47 elfio writer;
48
49 // You can't proceed without this function call!
50 writer.create( ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2LSB );
51
52 writer.set_os_abi( ELFOSABI_LINUX );
53 writer.set_type( ET_EXEC );
54 writer.set_machine( EM_X86_64 );
55
56 // Create code section
57 section* text_sec = writer.sections.add( ".text" );
58 text_sec->set_type( SHT_PROGBITS );
59 text_sec->set_flags( SHF_ALLOC | SHF_EXECINSTR );
60 text_sec->set_addr_align( 0x10 );
61
62 // Add data into it
63 char text[] = {
64 '\xB8', '\x04', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', // mov eax, 4
65 '\xBB', '\x01', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', // mov ebx, 1
66 '\xB9', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', // mov ecx, msg
67 '\xBA', '\x0E', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', // mov edx, 14
68 '\xCD', '\x80', // int 0x80
69 '\xB8', '\x01', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', // mov eax, 1
70 '\xCD', '\x80' // int 0x80
71 };
72 // Adjust data address for 'msg'
73 *(uint32_t*)( text + 11 ) = DATA_ADDR;
74
75 text_sec->set_data( text, sizeof( text ) );
76
77 // Create a loadable segment
78 segment* text_seg = writer.segments.add();
79 text_seg->set_type( PT_LOAD );
80 text_seg->set_virtual_address( CODE_ADDR );
81 text_seg->set_physical_address( CODE_ADDR );
82 text_seg->set_flags( PF_X | PF_R );
83 text_seg->set_align( PAGE_SIZE );
84
85 // Add code section into program segment
86 text_seg->add_section( text_sec, text_sec->get_addr_align() );
87
88 // Create data section
89 section* data_sec = writer.sections.add( ".data" );
90 data_sec->set_type( SHT_PROGBITS );
91 data_sec->set_flags( SHF_ALLOC | SHF_WRITE );
92 data_sec->set_addr_align( 0x4 );
93
94 char data[] = {
95 '\x48', '\x65', '\x6C', '\x6C', '\x6F', // msg: db 'Hello, World!', 10
96 '\x2C', '\x20', '\x57', '\x6F', '\x72',
97 '\x6C', '\x64', '\x21', '\x0A' };
98 data_sec->set_data( data, sizeof( data ) );
99
100 // Create a read/write segment
101 segment* data_seg = writer.segments.add();
102 data_seg->set_type( PT_LOAD );
103 data_seg->set_virtual_address( DATA_ADDR );
104 data_seg->set_physical_address( DATA_ADDR );
105 data_seg->set_flags( PF_W | PF_R );
106 data_seg->set_align( PAGE_SIZE );
107
108 // Add code section into program segment
109 data_seg->add_section( data_sec, data_sec->get_addr_align() );
110
111 // Add optional signature for the file producer
112 section* note_sec = writer.sections.add( ".note" );
113 note_sec->set_type( SHT_NOTE );
114 note_sec->set_addr_align( 1 );
115
116 note_section_accessor note_writer( writer, note_sec );
117 note_writer.add_note( 0x01, "Created by ELFIO", 0, 0 );
118 char descr[6] = { 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36 };
119 note_writer.add_note( 0x01, "Never easier!", descr, sizeof( descr ) );
120
121 // Setup entry point. Usually, a linker sets this address on base of
122 // ‘_start’ label.
123 // In this example, the code starts at the first address of the
124 // 'text_seg' segment. Therefore, the start address is set
125 // to be equal to the segment location
126 writer.set_entry( text_seg->get_virtual_address() );
127
128 // Create ELF file
129 writer.save( "hello_x86_64" );
130
131 return 0;
132 }
133