Questions tagged [multi-process]
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In Pintool, How to find the name of an routine's caller?
I want to trace the mutex variables in my rust program(e.g. which mutex called lock() and unlock() methods). And I think there're static methods.
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PinTools Multi-threaded example (inscount_Tls.cpp): only one thread outputs
I am studying PinTools multithread example inscount_tls.cpp. When I change the number of thread to 3, only 1 thread outputs the result. Is anyone familiar with Intel Pintools instruments that can give ...
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Why disassemble multi-thread binary is hard?
Why disassemble multi-thread binary is hard? I also know that some obfuscation techniques are to create unnecessary threads. But why reverse engineering multi-thread program is hard.
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How can one debug a program that can only be started by other processes?
I am now trying to figure out the innards of a custom made program that I've found difficult to debug using a debugger.
The program starts by using a bash script wrapper to process input parameters, ...
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Run multiple instances of same application - Adobe Reader
I have been fuzzing Adobe Reader for a while now.
One of the issue that I face is running multiple instances of same application. If I'm able to run multiple instances of same application, I will be ...
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How to get the PID of the a thread's creator (not owner, not host)
The THREADENTRY32 structure contains a member called th32OwnerProcessID, which is described as:
The identifier of the process that created the thread.
I'm not sure if I understand how the ...
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What is the difficulty/advantage to obfuscate a multi-thread program?
According to my knowledge, several obfuscation strategies are widely used(or at least described in academic) like:
complicating control flow
inserting bogus control-flow
control-flow flattening
jump ...
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Attaching GDB to a specific fork
I am trying to reverse engineer a Linux binary that makes several fork() calls. I am using GDB 7.5 on Ubuntu. What I am trying to do with GDB is attach to a certain fork() (say the second call). Is ...
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gdb on FreeBSD and follow-fork-mode child
Long time ago I noticed that using
set follow-fork-mode child
in GDB on FreeBSD doesn't really work.
This problem occurs very often with some challenges on various Capture The Flag contests.
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