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author | FreeArtMan <dos21h@gmail.com> | 2022-08-11 07:12:18 +0100 |
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committer | FreeArtMan <dos21h@gmail.com> | 2022-08-11 07:12:18 +0100 |
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Add pointer chapter
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diff --git a/md/notes/undefined_c/titles.md b/md/notes/undefined_c/titles.md index 0108449..a09f0a7 100644 --- a/md/notes/undefined_c/titles.md +++ b/md/notes/undefined_c/titles.md @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ keywords:c,linux,asm # Undefined C -There is possible to piece of code inside online c compiler like https://www.onlinegdb.com/online_c_compiler -Or run locally. With base check is done with gcc compiler. +There is possible to run piece of code inside online c compiler like https://www.onlinegdb.com/online_c_compiler +Or run locally. With base check is done with gcc compiler. There are many small tricks around running C code +in practice that aren't covered in any generic tutorials. ## Compile @@ -318,8 +319,80 @@ http://main.lv/writeup/c_macro_tricks.md https://jadlevesque.github.io/PPMP-Iceberg/ -### Signed/Unsigned + ### Pointers + +One the C most loved feature is pointers, they allow to access addresses without any sanity check +and they dont have any lifetime, so anything is possible with those. + +Pointer contains address which is interpreted according of pointer type + +```c +int c; +int ptr=&c; +``` + +Go over array of chars +```c +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> + +int main() { + char s[]="asd"; + char *c=&s; + while (*c != 0) { + printf("NExt char %c addr %016x\n",*c,c); + c++; + } +} +``` +Go over array of ints +```c + int i=0; + int arr[] = {9,7,5,3,1}; + int *ptr = arr; + while (i<5) { + printf("Number value %d addr %016x\n",*ptr, ptr); + ptr++; + i++; + } +``` + +Pointer arithmetics like +1 will move to next address that is offset of type size. +As example below structure size is 12, and increment of pointer to that structure +increment address to sizeof structure. And yes address is pointing to not mapped memory, so it +will segfault if accessed. + +```c +struct size12 { + int a,b,c; +} + +int main() { + struct size12 *s=0; + s++; + printf("%016x\n",s); + s++; + printf("%016x\n",s); +} +``` + +Double pointers are pointers to pointers + +```c +#include <stdio.h> + +int main(int argc, char **argv) { + char *arg = argv[0]; + printf("Program name %s\n",arg); +} +``` + +#### How to shoot the leg +Run pointer in while loop incrementing pointer. It will stop only when segfaults. + +Dont initialize pointer and it will have random value. + ### Endianess ### Static binary ### Dynamic binary @@ -327,6 +400,7 @@ https://jadlevesque.github.io/PPMP-Iceberg/ ### Compiler flags ### Allocate memory ### stdin,stdout,stderr +### Signed/Unsigned |