2023.04 - Worst Dependent

[hugsy]

Changelog: 2023.04 - Worst Dependent

Highlights of Worst Dependent

The update includes various changes to the installation script, bug fixes, updates to documentation, and improvements to the search-pattern command. Some changes involve updating the GH Action runners, ARM improvement (fixing CPSR and pointer size calculation) and Safe-Linking support (for GLibc >= 2.32 compat)
Code stability has been improved with an increased coverage check through test. Last, more documentation was added making it more accessible and easily searchable.

Contributors

Author	Number of commits
hugsy	85
Dreg	6
clubby789	4
Grazfather	2
theguy147	2
Ananthu	1
Boris-Chengbiao Zhou	1
D4nnyLee	1
Jonathan Salwan	1
lain3d	1
liona24	1
Roderick	1
Tramadol	1
Wadim Mueller	1
Zhi-Qiang Zhou	1

Closed Issues

• 19 issues closed ( 943 • 937 • 935 • 930 • 929 • 928 • 927 • 925 • 923 • 922 • 921 • 920 • 919 • 916 • 915 • 913 • 911 • 910 • 909 )

Closed Pull Requests

• 11 PRs closed ( 945 • 942 • 941 • 938 • 936 • 932 • 931 • 918 • 917 • 914 • 912 )

Commit details

109 commits since 2022.06

Commit log

• 2022-06-27 b2458d6 • hugsy • Update gef-extras.sh installation script
• 2022-06-27 2b72f5d • hugsy • Quick fix on __load_time_ms since Py3.6 doesn't have perf_counter_ns
• 2022-06-27 885d71a • hugsy • [CI] Added Ubuntu-22.02 to GH Action runners
• 2022-06-28 290a984 • hugsy • Fix AARCH64 CPSR and pointer size calculation (Fix aarch64 cpsr #855)
• 2022-06-28 dbcd859 • hugsy • Update PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
• 2022-06-28 091e298 • hugsy • [pattern-search] Make sure pattern is correctly built ([pattern-search] Make sure pattern is correctly built #858)
• 2022-07-02 35c115a • Dreg • --regex support for search-pattern command (--regex support for search-pattern command #860)
• 2022-07-02 366237c • Dreg • Slightly improve the code of search-pattern (search-pattern better code #862)
• 2022-07-02 c2f87d9 • hugsy • [CI] Adds utils.find_symbol to cleanly find PIE symbols
• 2022-07-02 7c0a1ee • hugsy • Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:hugsy/gef into dev
• 2022-07-02 08c06b8 • Dreg • Add a maximum size for preview to print-format config settings (max size preview of bytes for print-format command can be changed via config #863)
• 2022-07-02 e422530 • hugsy • Move syscall-args and is-syscall to gef-extras (Move syscall-args and is-syscall to gef-extras #861)
• 2022-07-02 f54a622 • Dreg • missed return init SearchPatternCommand (missed return __init__ SearchPatternCommand #864)
• 2022-07-04 17fa7f9 • hugsy • Fixed TinyUrl links to point to main, not master (Fixed TinyUrl links to point to main, not master #868)
• 2022-07-04 1499023 • hugsy • Added callback to register_external_content_pane to conditionally display pane (Remove glibc-function-args  #866)
• 2022-07-05 819917d • Dreg • Set main as the default branch for gef-extras / gef scripts for users (main will be the default branch for gef-extras and gef installation #870)
• 2022-07-05 c530aa5 • Dreg • Add a proper argument parsing to gef-extras.sh (fix bug in path logic gef-extras.sh #872)
• 2022-07-09 e545378 • hugsy • Use templated YAML files for Github Issues (Use templated YAML files for Github Issues #875)
• 2022-07-09 ad1bfaf • hugsy • Glibc* class now rely on ctypes.Structure (Glibc* class now rely on ctypes.Structure #869)
• 2022-07-09 01da142 • lain3d • Fix ptrsize for ARM to not return 2 ever (Fix ptrsize for ARM to not return 2 ever #876)
• 2022-07-09 4d4e801 • Wadim Mueller • Riscv/ble (Riscv/ble #874)
• 2022-07-10 2e0115d • hugsy • Doc update
• 2022-08-09 2830670 • crazy hugsy • Moved GEF_DEFAULT_BRANCH to the top of the script so the value is know when update_gef is taken
• 2022-09-05 41d2700 • crazy hugsy • Update bug_report.yaml
• 2022-09-05 942f6b9 • crazy hugsy • Update bug_report.yaml
• 2022-09-05 ed070ce • crazy hugsy • Update bug_report.yaml
• 2022-09-05 bc419e4 • crazy hugsy • Update bug_report.yaml
• 2022-09-05 4afae16 • crazy hugsy • Update bug_report.yaml
• 2022-09-12 237760d • Grazfather • Remove deprecated use of checksec() (Remove deprecated use of checksec() #888)
• 2022-09-20 2a4afa7 • D4nnyLee • Fix typo in docs/functions/base.md (Fix typo in docs/functions/base.md #893)
• 2022-09-20 8406460 • crazy hugsy • Update gef-remote.md
• 2022-09-29 2b52a43 • Roderick • get pty by tmux command and close pane when gdb exit (get pty by tmux command and close pane when gdb exit #881)
• 2022-10-02 1f49f8a • crazy hugsy • explicitly forcing args : argparse.Namespace as a result of parse_arguments (Type hinting fixes - part 3 #856)
• 2022-10-10 3f3151c • crazy hugsy • Update utils.py
• 2022-10-10 6f7b11a • crazy hugsy • Update run-tests.yml
• 2022-10-11 f2050af • liona24 • Explicitly close the remote session (Explicitly close the remote session #896)
• 2022-10-12 33fe436 • crazy hugsy • print warning messages when using target remote with gef (print warning messages when using target remote with gef #899)
• 2022-10-12 1fd0f34 • crazy hugsy • Remove the Makefile in the root folder (Remove the Makefile in the root folder  #898)
• 2022-10-12 b54508a • crazy hugsy • [docs] fixed bad python version for coverage docs
• 2022-10-12 c3dbbe7 • crazy hugsy • [docs] added install directive for coverage
• 2022-10-12 dd7f881 • crazy hugsy • [docs] coverage actions: missing packages
• 2022-10-12 a759262 • crazy hugsy • [docs] adding link to coverage in docs navbar
• 2022-10-12 3af8221 • crazy hugsy • [ci] Adding a new test to validate new code is tested
• 2022-10-12 5faeed2 • crazy hugsy • [ci] Adding a new test to validate new code is tested
• 2022-10-12 ed9c01e • crazy hugsy • [ci] better bash
• 2022-10-12 26083dd • crazy hugsy • [ci] removing deprecated runner ubuntu-18.04
• 2022-10-13 e9f3351 • Zhi-Qiang Zhou • Fix Safe-Linking (GLIBC >= 2.32) and malloc_state struct (Fix Safe-Linking (GLIBC >= 2.32) and malloc_state struct #878)
• 2022-10-13 0b17993 • hugsy • [ci] increased coverage result precision
• 2022-10-21 a36ffbe • clubby789 • Fix filesystem paths for debugging process in containers (Fix filesystem paths for debugging process in containers #897)
• 2022-10-21 e48e2f3 • hugsy • [ci] upgrade some actions, removed set-output directives
• 2022-10-22 be82d55 • crazy hugsy • [ci] dummy typo
• 2022-10-22 850a45d • crazy hugsy • [CI] Fixed incorrect coverage check
• 2022-10-25 9edd73e • crazy hugsy • Update index.md
• 2022-11-07 50e54e0 • crazy hugsy • [ci] restored pytest-forked in requirements for tests, removed old style envvar
• 2022-11-07 a1b4f00 • crazy hugsy • [ci] added a margin for the coverage reduction test
• 2022-11-07 65eece7 • Grazfather • reset_architecture: Return after setting arch to a specified arch (reset_architecture: Return after setting arch to a specified arch #914)
• 2022-11-07 b52b758 • Ananthu • Added support for GDBHISTFILE env variable (Respect the GDBHISTFILE env var #912)
• 2022-11-07 c05d62a • Boris-Chengbiao Zhou • Fix test command in documentation (Fix test command in documentation #908)
• 2022-11-07 ea8273b • Jonathan Salwan • Fix shell-storm new API (Fix shell-storm new API #902)
• 2022-11-07 ec83f44 • crazy hugsy • fixed error from Fix shell-storm new API #902
• 2022-11-07 1bf74a8 • crazy hugsy • [CI] Refusing anything below 70% of coverage
• 2022-11-11 8713e3f • hugsy • Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:hugsy/gef into dev
• 2022-11-11 af63b4d • hugsy • rewrite: generate settings documentation
• 2022-11-12 75c76fe • clubby789 • Add option to disable buffering (Add option to disable output buffering #917)
• 2022-11-17 63ac481 • clubby789 • Determine the actual canary location (Determine the actual canary location #918)
• 2022-11-17 05b17d0 • crazy hugsy • [ci] add delay to gdbserver_session
• 2022-11-17 4e89034 • hugsy • [ci] increased delay to appease GHActions gods
• 2022-11-22 d1833d3 • clubby789 • Fix searching when connected to qemu-system instance (Fix searching when connected to qemu-system instance #906)
• 2023-01-02 174830a • crazy hugsy • Fixed doc wording
• 2023-03-12 9590305 • crazy hugsy • Don't error out if disassembling previous instructions fails (Don't error out if disassembling previous instructions fails #931)
• 2023-03-19 8e3eba8 • theguy147 • fix: make sure that heap_addr is aligned (fix: make sure that heap_addr is aligned #936)
• 2023-03-21 0cf291d • theguy147 • fix: add capability to glibc heap commands for bruteforcing the main_arena (fix: add capability to glibc heap commands for bruteforcing the main_arena #932)
• 2023-04-04 0f477e7 • Tramadol • Add backwards memory examination for the dereference command (Add backwards memory examination for the dereference command #942)
• 2023-04-15 9848239 • crazy hugsy • Minor typo in docs/generate-settings-docs.sh
• 2023-04-16 b1a1b2a • crazy hugsy • [CI] Make coverage generate pull request comment instead of blocking validation ([CI] Make coverage generate pull request comment instead of blocking validation #938)
• 2023-04-16 18e2c9c • hugsy • [docs] better formatting for settings page
• 2023-04-16 5040cbe • hugsy • [scripts] add an explicit error message on failures in new-release

File diff

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md        |    64 -
 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml      |    90 +
 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md   |    21 -
 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml |    50 +
 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md            |    26 +-
 .github/workflows/coverage.yml              |    50 +
 .github/workflows/generate-docs.yml         |    10 +-
 .github/workflows/run-tests.yml             |    37 +-
 Makefile                                    |    42 -
 README.md                                   |     4 +-
 docs/api/gef.md                             | 22909 --------------------------
 docs/commands/aliases.md                    |     2 +-
 docs/commands/aslr.md                       |     2 +-
 docs/commands/canary.md                     |     2 +-
 docs/commands/checksec.md                   |     2 +-
 docs/commands/config.md                     |     2 +-
 docs/commands/context.md                    |     2 +-
 docs/commands/dereference.md                |    15 +-
 docs/commands/edit-flags.md                 |     2 +-
 docs/commands/elf-info.md                   |     2 +-
 docs/commands/entry-break.md                |     2 +-
 docs/commands/eval.md                       |     2 +-
 docs/commands/format-string-helper.md       |     2 +-
 docs/commands/functions.md                  |     2 +-
 docs/commands/gef-remote.md                 |     2 +-
 docs/commands/gef.md                        |     2 +-
 docs/commands/got.md                        |     6 +-
 docs/commands/heap-analysis-helper.md       |     2 +-
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 docs/commands/help.md                       |     2 +-
 docs/commands/hexdump.md                    |     2 +-
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 docs/commands/hijack-fd.md                  |     2 +-
 docs/commands/is-syscall.md                 |    18 -
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 docs/commands/patch.md                      |     2 +-
 docs/commands/pattern.md                    |     6 +-
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 docs/commands/process-status.md             |     2 +-
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 docs/commands/reset-cache.md                |     2 +-
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 docs/commands/shellcode.md                  |     2 +-
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 docs/commands/syscall-args.md               |    49 -
 docs/commands/theme.md                      |     2 +-
 docs/commands/tmux-setup.md                 |     2 +-
 docs/commands/trace-run.md                  |     2 +-
 docs/commands/version.md                    |     2 +-
 docs/commands/vmmap.md                      |     2 +-
 docs/commands/xfiles.md                     |     2 +-
 docs/commands/xinfo.md                      |     2 +-
 docs/commands/xor-memory.md                 |     2 +-
 docs/deprecated.md                          |     2 +
 docs/faq.md                                 |     8 +
 docs/functions/base.md                      |     2 +-
 docs/index.md                               |     6 +-
 docs/install.md                             |     6 +-
 docs/testing.md                             |    29 +-
 gef.py                                      |  1573 +-
 mkdocs.yml                                  |     3 +-
 scripts/gef-extras.sh                       |    35 +-
 scripts/generate-coverage-docs.sh           |    24 +
 scripts/generate-settings-docs.sh           |    40 +
 scripts/new-release.py                      |    21 +-
 tests/api/gef_disasemble.py                 |    30 +
 tests/api/gef_session.py                    |    40 +-
 tests/api/misc.py                           |    12 +
 tests/binaries/mmap-known-address.c         |    50 +
 tests/binaries/set-permission.c             |    34 -
 tests/binaries/syscall-args.c               |    50 -
 tests/commands/canary.py                    |    15 +-
 tests/commands/dereference.py               |    46 +
 tests/commands/gef.py                       |     5 +-
 tests/commands/heap.py                      |    29 +-
 tests/commands/nop.py                       |    13 +-
 tests/commands/pattern.py                   |    37 +-
 tests/commands/pie.py                       |    16 +-
 tests/commands/search_pattern.py            |    15 +-
 tests/commands/syscall_args.py              |    89 -
 pytest.ini => tests/pytest.ini              |     5 +-
 tests/regressions/gdbserver_connection.py   |    15 +
 tests/requirements.txt                      |     2 +
 tests/utils.py                              |    44 +-
 91 files changed, 1663 insertions(+), 24149 deletions(-)

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