NAME

binpatch — examine and or modify initialized data in an executable binary

SYNOPSIS

binpatch

[-b | -w | -l | -d] [-o offset] [-T saddr] -s symname [-r value] binfile

binpatch

[-b | -w | -l | -d] [-o offset] [-T saddr] -a addr [-r value] binfile

DESCRIPTION

binpatch is used to modify or examine the data associated with a symbol in a binary file binfile.

The flags -b, -w, -l, and -d specify the size of the data to be modified or examined. -b is for 8bit (int8_t), -w is for 16bit (int16_t), -l is for 32bit (int32_t), and -d is for 64bit (int64_t) variables.

The binfile is scanned in search of the symbol symname (specified with the -s flag). If the symbol is found the current data and address are printed.

Next if the -r flag has been given, the current data is replaced with that of value.

If the second form is used the address addr specified with the -a flag is used as a direct address into the data section of the binary and no symbol search is performed.

The -o flag specifies an offset in int8_t, int16_t, int32_t, and int64_t (-b, -w, -l, or -d) units from the given locator (-s or -a) for binpatch to perform its described actions. This might be useful to patch a member of array or structure.

The -T flag is used to specify the starting address of a.out binary text segment. Ignored for other binary executable formats.

SEE ALSO

gdb(1), mdsetimage(8)

BUGS

The binpatch command doesn't check if size of specified symbol is the same as the specified size by -b, -w, -l, or -d flag.

The binpatch command doesn't check if specified address or symbol is a patchable variable and it might corrupt the specified executable binary.