/plushcap/analysis/cloudflare/how-to-execute-an-object-file-part-4

How to execute an object file: Part 4, AArch64 edition

What's this blog post about?

In this blog post, we learned about how the Linux kernel handles executing a binary file and how all components are linked together. We then looked at an example of hooking into a function within a binary to change its behavior using the AArch64 architecture's assembly language. Finally, we discussed the importance of security when processing external inputs.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Nov. 17, 2023

Author(s)
Oxana Kharitonova

Word count
5089

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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