radareorg/radare2

Support loading coredumps from the standard locations

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#16,806 opened on May 11, 2020

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Description

Sometimes, figuring where coredump was put, and if is enabled is tricky. Radare2 can help to handle this automatically, see e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2065912/core-dumped-but-core-file-is-not-in-the-current-directory

  • Linux
  • MacOS
  • *BSD
  • Windows

See also https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/coredumpctl.html

coredumpctl list
coredumpctl debug 234234

--debugger=DEBUGGER

Use the given debugger for the debug command. If not given and $SYSTEMD_DEBUGGER is unset, then gdb will be used.

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Research direction
Investigate how to detect coredump locations on Linux (coredumpctl), macOS (cores directory), BSD, and Windows. Implement automatic detection in radare2's load command.
Tech stack
c
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
CLinux
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65