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Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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Move ELF feature note tool to usr.bin/elfctl elfctl is a tool for modifying the NT_FREEBSD_FEATURE_CTL ELF note, which contains a set of flags for enabling or disabling vulnerability mitigations and other features. Reviewed by: csjp, kib MFC after: 2 weeks Relnotes: Yes Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23910
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.Dd March 1, 2020
.Dt ELFCTL 1
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Os
.Sh NAME
Move ELF feature note tool to usr.bin/elfctl elfctl is a tool for modifying the NT_FREEBSD_FEATURE_CTL ELF note, which contains a set of flags for enabling or disabling vulnerability mitigations and other features. Reviewed by: csjp, kib MFC after: 2 weeks Relnotes: Yes Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23910
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.Nm elfctl
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.Nd change an ELF binary's feature control note
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl h | Fl -help
.Op Fl l
.Op Fl e Ar featurelist
.Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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utility modifies feature flags in the feature control note in an ELF binary.
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl h | Fl -help
Print a usage message and exit.
.It Fl l
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List known ELF feature flags.
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.It Fl e Ar featurelist
Edit features from the given comma separated list
.Ar featurelist .
.Ar featurelist
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starts with one of the three operations:
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Dq Li +
to turn on the features,
.Dq Li -
to turn off the features,
.Dq Li =
to only turn on the given features.
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A comma separated list of feature names follows the operation.
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.El
.Pp
If
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.Fl e
is not specified
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Nm
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displays the status of each feature in the ELF note in each
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Ar .
.Sh EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command
fails if a file does not exist, is too short,
or fails to find or edit features note.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following is an example of a typical usage
of the
.Nm
command:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Move ELF feature note tool to usr.bin/elfctl elfctl is a tool for modifying the NT_FREEBSD_FEATURE_CTL ELF note, which contains a set of flags for enabling or disabling vulnerability mitigations and other features. Reviewed by: csjp, kib MFC after: 2 weeks Relnotes: Yes Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23910
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elfctl file
elfctl -e +aslr file
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Ed
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
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first appeared in
elfctl: update earliest FreeBSD revision to 12.2 elfctl has been merged to stable/12, and so will appear in FreeBSD 12.2 Reported by: Dewayne Geraghty MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
2020-05-05 21:50:52 +00:00
.Fx 12.2 .
Add tool to modify ELF binary feature control bits This will allow feature control bits (e.g. for ASLR, PROT_MAX) to be inspected or modified. Some clean-up and additional work is likely still required, but we can iterate on this in the tree. Submitted by: Bora Özarslan <borako.ozarslan@gmail.com> Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19290
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.Nm
was written by
.An Bora Ozarslan Mt borako.ozarslan@gmail.com
under sponsorship from the
.Fx Foundation.
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