python binding of ptrace
Project description
python-ptrace is a Python binding of ptrace library.
The binding works on:
Linux version 2.6.20 on i386, x86_64, PPC (may works on Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x)
Linux version 2.4 on PPC
FreeBSD version 7.0RC1 on i386 (may works on FreeBSD 5.x/6.x)
OpenBSD version 4.2 on i386
Features:
High level Python object API : !PtraceDebugger and !PtraceProcess
Able to control multiple processes: catch fork events on Linux
Read/write bytes to arbitrary address: take care of memory alignment and split bytes to cpu word
Execution step by step using ptrace_singlestep() or hardware interruption 3
Can use distorm (http://www.ragestorm.net/distorm/) disassembler
Dump registers, memory mappings, stack, etc.
Syscall tracer and parser (strace command)
Website: http://bitbucket.org/haypo/python-ptrace/wiki/Home
Installation
Read INSTALL documentation file.
Documentation
Browse doc/ and examples/ directories.
Changelog
python-ptrace 0.6.4 (2012-02-26)
Convert all classes to new-style classes, patch written by teythoon
Fix compilation on Apple, patch written by Anthony Gelibert
Support GNU/kFreeBSD, patch written by Jakub Wilk
Support sockaddr_in6 (IPv6 address)
python-ptrace 0.6.3 (2011-02-16)
Support distrom3
Support Python 3
Rename strace.py option –socketcall to –socket, and fix this option for FreeBSD and Linux/64 bits
Add MANIFEST.in: include all files in source distribution (tests, cptrace module, …)
python-ptrace 0.6.2 (2009-11-09)
Fix 64 bits sub registers (set mask for eax, ebx, ecx, edx)
python-ptrace 0.6.1 (2009-11-07)
Create follow, showfollow, resetfollow, xray commands in gdb.py. Patch written by Dimitris Glynos
Project website moved to http://bitbucket.org/haypo/python-ptrace/
Replace types (u)intXX_t by c_(u)intXX
Create MemoryMapping.search() method and MemoryMapping now keeps a weak reference to the process
python-ptrace 0.6 (2009-02-13)
User visible changes:
python-ptrace now depends on Python 2.5
Invalid memory access: add fault address in the name
Update Python 3.0 conversion patch
Create -i (–show-ip) option to strace.py: show instruction pointer
Add a new example (itrace.py) written by Mark Seaborn and based on strace.py
API changes:
PtraceSyscall: store the instruction pointer at syscall enter (if the option instr_pointer=True, disabled by default)
Remove PROC_DIRNAME and procFilename() from ptrace.linux_proc
Bugfixes:
Fix locateProgram() for relative path
Fix interpretation of memory fault on MOSVW instruction (source is ESI and destination is EDI, and not the inverse!)
python-ptrace 0.5 (2008-09-13)
Visible changes:
Write an example (the most simple debugger) and begin to document the code
gdb.py: create “dbginfo” command
Parse socket syscalls on FreeBSD
On invalid memory access (SIGSEGV), eval the dereference expression to get the fault address on OS without siginfo (eg. FreeBSD)
Fixes to get minimal Windows support: fix imports, fix locateProgram()
Other changes:
Break the API: - Rename PtraceDebugger.traceSysgood() to PtraceDebugger.enableSysgood() - Rename PtraceDebugger.trace_sysgood to PtraceDebugger.use_sysgood - Remove PtraceProcess.readCode()
Create createChild() function which close all files except stdin, stdout and stderr
On FreeBSD, on process exit recalls waitpid(pid) to avoid zombi process
python-ptrace 0.4.2 (2008-08-28)
BUGFIX: Fix typo in gdb.py (commands => command_str), it wasn’t possible to write more than one command…
BUGIFX: Fix typo in SignalInfo class (remove “self.”). When a process received a signal SIGCHLD (because of a fork), the debugger exited because of this bug.
BUGFIX: Debugger._wait() return abnormal process exit as a normal event, the event is not raised as an exception
PtraceSignal: don’t clear preformatted arguments (eg. arguments of execve)
python-ptrace 0.4.1 (2008-08-23)
The project has a new dedicated website: http://python-ptrace.hachoir.org/
Create cptrace: optional Python binding of ptrace written in C (faster than ptrace, the Python binding written in Python with ctypes)
Add name attribute to SignalInfo classes
Fixes to help Python 3.0 compatibility: don’t use sys.exc_clear() (was useless) in writeBacktrace()
ProcessState: create utime, stime, starttime attributes
python-ptrace 0.4.0 (2008-08-19)
Visible changes:
Rename the project to “python-ptrace” (old name was “Ptrace)
strace.py: create –ignore-regex option
PtraceSignal: support SIGBUS, display the related registers and the instruction
Support execve() syscall tracing
Developer changes:
New API is incompatible with 0.3.2
PtraceProcess.waitProcessEvent() accepts optional blocking=False argument
PtraceProcess.getreg()/setreg() are able to read/write i386 and x86-64 “sub-registers” like al or bx
Remove iterProc() function, replaced by openProc() with explicit call to .close() to make sure that files are closed
Create searchProcessesByName()
Replace CPU_PPC constant by CPU_POWERPC and create CPU_PPC32 and CPU_PPC64
Create MemoryMapping object, used by readMappings() and findStack() methods of PtraceProcess
Always define all PtraceProcess methods but raise an error if the function is not implemented
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