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Accessing the kernel file memory image programmatically

What is the (correct) way to access the process memory image from the corresponding ELF dump file? So that I can check for specific addresses, say, 0x12345678.

Keep in mind that gdbonly a clean C approach can be used. Using a library other libelfthan that is not recommended.

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What is the (correct) way to access the process memory image from the corresponding ELF core dump file?

This is not entirely trivial. In addition, a specific address may not even be in coreto begin with.

Consider an example:

// tc

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
    int i = 42;
    printf("&i = %p\n", &i);
    abort();
}

Compile it with

gcc -g t.c && ulimit -c unlimited && ./a.out
&i = 0x7fffdfb20e1c
Aborted (core dumped)

Let's look at the kernel:

readelf -l core.19477

Elf file type is CORE (Core file)
Entry point 0x0
There are 18 program headers, starting at offset 64

Program Headers:
  Type           Offset             VirtAddr           PhysAddr
                 FileSiz            MemSiz              Flags  Align
  NOTE           0x0000000000000430 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x000000000000084c 0x0000000000000000         0
  LOAD           0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000400000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  R E    1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000002000 0x0000000000600000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  R      1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000003000 0x0000000000601000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000004000 0x00007f85c6abf000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x00000000001bb000  R E    1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000005000 0x00007f85c6c7a000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000000000 0x00000000001ff000         1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000005000 0x00007f85c6e79000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000004000 0x0000000000004000  R      1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000009000 0x00007f85c6e7d000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000002000 0x0000000000002000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x000000000000b000 0x00007f85c6e7f000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000005000 0x0000000000005000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000010000 0x00007f85c6e84000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000023000  R E    1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000011000 0x00007f85c7084000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000003000 0x0000000000003000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000014000 0x00007f85c70a3000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000003000 0x0000000000003000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000017000 0x00007f85c70a6000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  R      1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000018000 0x00007f85c70a7000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x0000000000019000 0x00007f85c70a8000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x000000000001a000 0x00007fffdfb00000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000022000 0x0000000000022000  RW     1000
  LOAD           0x000000000003c000 0x00007fffdfbfc000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000002000 0x0000000000002000  R E    1000
  LOAD           0x000000000003e000 0xffffffffff600000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000  R E    1000

, ​​ NOTE, LOAD.

NOTE Elf64_Note s, . ( readelf -n ), .

LOAD "" : 0x7fffdfb20e1c, :

  LOAD           0x000000000001a000 0x00007fffdfb00000 0x0000000000000000
                 0x0000000000022000 0x0000000000022000  RW     1000

, ( ),

0x7fffdfb00000 < 0x7fffdfb20e1c < 0x7fffdfb22000 (0x7fffdfb00000+0x22000)

, &i LOAD,

0x7fffdfb20e1c - 0x7fffdfb00000 == 0x20e1c

0x1a000, , 0x1a000 + 0x20e1c == 0x3ae1c.

, 42 :

hexdump -s 0x3ae1c -n 4  -e  '4/1 "%02X "' core.19477
2A 00 00 00

, ?

: Elf64_Ehdr core. Elf64_Phdr s. , , "" . ( ), lseek(2) read(2) .

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