Ghidra throws error when creating DWARFProgram

Question

I am trying to create a DWARFProgram for a Ghidra program. I would like to extract the function debug symbols. I get an error when constructing the DWARFProgram.

The constructor prints the following and then throws a NullPointerException:

Elf symbol table section .dynsym linked to string table section .dynstr
Elf symbol table section .symtab linked to string table section .strtab
Elf relocation table section .rel.dyn linked to symbol table section .dynsym affecting PT_LOAD
Reading DWARF debug string table

My code (using Jython):

monitor = ConsoleTaskMonitor()
program = ghidraProject.openProgram('/', programName, False)
binfile = File(programDir + programName)
options = DWARFImportOptions()
sectionProvider = ElfSectionProvider(binfile)
dwarfProg = DWARFProgram(program, options, monitor, sectionProvider)

Screenshot of console:

Answer 1

I think you should debug your script on smaller programs first. It is possible that the arguments you are passing are incorrect (I don't have your complete program so that I can tell). It is also possible that the dwarf section is damaged on unrecognizable.

The following program runs fine on my machine.

monitor = ConsoleTaskMonitor()
options = DWARFImportOptions()
sectionProvider = ElfSectionProvider.createSectionProviderFor(currentProgram)
dwarfProg = DWARFProgram(currentProgram, options, monitor, sectionProvider)