Linux sys_call_table RIP relative addressing

Alexander Samilovskih alexsamilovskih at gmail.com
Sun May 6 02:15:15 EDT 2012


Hello! I am trying to get offset of sys_call_table on Linux x86_64.

First of all i read pointer to system_call entry by reading it from
MSR_LSTAR and it's correct

static unsigned long read_msr(unsigned int msr)
{
    unsigned low, high;
    asm volatile("rdmsr" : "=a" (low), "=d" (high) : "c" (msr));
    return ((low) | ((u64)(high) << 32));
}

Then i parse it to find opcode of call instruction and it is also correct

#define CALL_OP 0xFF
#define CALL_MODRM 0x14
static unsigned long find_syscall_table(unsigned char *ptr)
{

//parse correct
for (; (*ptr != CALL_OP) || (*(ptr+1) != CALL_MODRM); ptr++);

//calculation not correct
ptr += *(unsigned int*)(ptr + 3);
pr_info("%lx", (unsigned long)ptr);


return ptr;
}

But i failed to get address after call opcode. First byte of ptr is
opcode, then ModRM byte, then SIB and then 32bit displacement, so i
add 3 to ptr and dereferenced it as integer value and then add it to
ptr, because it is %RIP, and address is RIP relative. But the result
value is wrong, it dont coincide with value i see in gdb, so where am
i wrong? Thank you



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