examples/elf_notes.py

   1 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2 # elftools example: elf_notes.py
   3 #
   4 # An example of obtaining note sections from an ELF file and examining
   5 # the notes it contains.
   6 #
   7 # Eli Bendersky (eliben@gmail.com)
   8 # This code is in the public domain
   9 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10 from __future__ import print_function
  11 import sys
  12
  13 # If pyelftools is not installed, the example can also run from the root or
  14 # examples/ dir of the source distribution.
  15 sys.path[0:0] = ['.', '..']
  16
  17 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
  18 from elftools.elf.sections import NoteSection
  19 from elftools.common.utils import bytes2hex
  20
  21
  22 def process_file(filename):
  23     print('Processing file:', filename)
  24     with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
  25         for sect in ELFFile(f).iter_sections():
  26             if not isinstance(sect, NoteSection):
  27                 continue
  28             print('  Note section "%s" at offset 0x%.8x with size %d' % (
  29                 sect.name, sect.header['sh_offset'], sect.header['sh_size']))
  30             for note in sect.iter_notes():
  31                 print('    Name:', note['n_name'])
  32                 print('    Type:', note['n_type'])
  33                 desc = note['n_desc']
  34                 if note['n_type'] == 'NT_GNU_ABI_TAG':
  35                     print('    Desc: %s, ABI: %d.%d.%d' % (
  36                         desc['abi_os'],
  37                         desc['abi_major'],
  38                         desc['abi_minor'],
  39                         desc['abi_tiny']))
  40                 elif note['n_type'] in {'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID', 'NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION'}:
  41                     print('    Desc:', desc)
  42                 else:
  43                     print('    Desc:', bytes2hex(desc))
  44
  45
  46 if __name__ == '__main__':
  47     if sys.argv[1] == '--test':
  48         for filename in sys.argv[2:]:
  49             process_file(filename)