linux-kernel - Re: Running Application Inside Application

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Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:28:59 +0200
From:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:	Xin Tong <xerox.time.tech@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Running Application Inside Application

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Xin Tong <xerox.time.tech@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Your method looks interesting and neat. I have another question, is there a way for me to preload a .so and hijack the startup32 function so that it does not call main, instead it calls some functions within the preloaded .so ?
>

Donno, on your constructor, locate the symbol for main and plant a
jump or call instruction there to your function in the .so? this gets
real hairy real quick...

At any rate, it is not Linux kernel mailing list stuff. Try StackOverflow... :-)

Gilad

> Thanks
>
>
> Xin
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Xin Tong <xerox.time.tech@...il.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have applications that do not install signal handlers I need it to
>>> install. Therefore, I am thinking about having a light-weight run-time
>>> to load the application ELF file and install the needed signal handler
>>> in the run-time ? Is this doable ? What if it is not ELF-encoded ?
>>
>> There is a much easier way: create a dynamically linked library (let's call it libsig.so) with code like so:
>> int install_sig_handlers __attribute__((constructor)) {
>>    // Do what you need here
>> }
>> Then run your app like so:
>> LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libsig.so /path/to/your/app
>> Unless your application is static and/or SUID the dynamic linker will load libsig.so into your app memory space and will run the constructor function where you can install signal handler at will
>> Gilad
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Xin
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>>
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