Foundations of Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing: Analyze Binary Code, Understand Stack Memory Usage, and Reconstruct C/C++ Code with Intel x64
- Length: 187 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Apress
- Publication Date: 2023-02-14
- ISBN-10: 1484291522
- ISBN-13: 9781484291528
- Sales Rank: #3398213 (See Top 100 Books)
Review topics ranging from Intel x64 assembly language instructions and writing programs in assembly language, to pointers, live debugging, and static binary analysis of compiled C and C++ code. This book is ideal for Linux desktop and cloud developers.
Using the latest version of Debian, you’ll focus on the foundations of the diagnostics of core memory dumps, live and postmortem debugging of Linux applications, services, and systems, memory forensics, malware, and vulnerability analysis. This requires an understanding of x64 Intel assembly language and how C and C++ compilers generate code, including memory layout and pointers.
This book provides the background knowledge and practical foundations you’ll need in order to master internal Linux program structure and behavior. It consists of practical step-by-step exercises of increasing complexity with explanations and ample diagrams. You’ll also work with the GDB debugger and use it for disassembly and reversing.
By the end of the book, you will have a solid understanding of how Linux C and C++ compilers generate binary code. In addition, you will be able to analyze such code confidently, understand stack memory usage, and reconstruct original C/C++ code. Foundations of Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing is the perfect companion to Foundations of ARM64 Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing for readers interested in the cloud or cybersecurity.
What You’ll Learn
- Review the basics of x64 assembly language
- Examine the essential GDB debugger commands for debugging and binary analysis
- Study C and C++ compiler code generation with and without compiler optimizations
- Look at binary code disassembly and reversing patterns
- See how pointers in C and C++ are implemented and used
Who This Book Is For
Software support and escalation engineers, cloud security engineers, site reliability engineers, DevSecOps, platform engineers, software testers, Linux C/C++ software engineers and security researchers without Intel x64 assembly language background, beginners learning Linux software reverse engineering techniques, and engineers coming from non-Linux environments.
Cover Front Matter 1. Memory, Registers, and Simple Arithmetic 2. Code Optimization 3. Number Representations 4. Pointers 5. Bytes, Words, Double, and Quad Words 6. Pointers to Memory 7. Logical Instructions and RIP 8. Reconstructing a Program with Pointers 9. Memory and Stacks 10. Frame Pointer and Local Variables 11. Function Parameters 12. More Instructions 13. Function Pointer Parameters 14. Summary of Code Disassembly Patterns Back Matter
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