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How do I resolve addresses relative to a register in IDA?
I am reversing an x86 ELF shared object library. Perhaps because of position independence, all functions begin with loading a constant offset into a register:
[... function prologue ...]
call $+5
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Debugging a position independent executable ELF
I am trying to follow the write-up about hackercalc (a challenge for DEFCON 2015 quals). First, by loading the challenge into gdb, I observe that:
(gdb) info files
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Entry point: 0xcf8
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So I ...