title:Linux Local Descriptor Table
keywords:linux,ldt,assembler

# Linux Local Descriptor Table
Is 32bit Intel ELF 0x80**** adreeses is default? nope. You can setup
your own. Compiler will not see thembut you can do it.
Setup LDT and you will see it.

```asm
use32
mov dword [0] ,"Hall"
mov dword [4] ,"Ball"
mov dword [8] ,"Mall"
mov dword [12],0x00000000
```

yes everything starts from 0x0

```c
#include <stdlib.h>
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>
 
char new_segment[16];
 
int main()
{
    int r;
     
    struct user_desc *ldt;
     
    ldt = (struct user_desc*)malloc(sizeof(struct user_desc));
     
    ldt->entry_number = 0;
    ldt->base_addr = ((unsigned long)&new_segment);
    ldt->limit = 16;
    ldt->seg_32bit = 0x1;
    ldt->contents = 0x0;
    ldt->read_exec_only = 0x0;
    ldt->limit_in_pages = 0x0;
    ldt->seg_not_present = 0x0;
    ldt->useable = 0x1;
     
    printf("Start\n");
    r = syscall( __NR_modify_ldt, 1 , ldt , sizeof(struct user_desc) );
    if ( r == -1 )
    {
        printf("Sorry\n");
        exit( 0 );
    }
    asm("pushl %ds");
    asm("movl $0x7, %eax"); /* 0111: 0-Index 1-Using the LDT table 11-RPL of 3 */
    asm("movl %eax, %ds");  
    asm(".byte 0xc7,0x5,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x48,0x61,
    0x6c,0x6c,0xc7,0x5,0x4,0x0,0x0,0x0,
    0x42,0x61,0x6c,0x6c,0xc7,0x5,0x8,0x0,
    0x0,0x0,0x4d,0x61,0x6c,0x6c,0xc7,0x5,
    0xc,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0");
    asm("popl %ds");
    printf("End\n");
     
    printf("Segment [%s]\n",new_segment);
     
    free( ldt );
     
    return 0;
}
```

```c
asm(".byte ... ") // is code.bin
```

Compile:
```sh
fasm code.asm code.bin

gcc main.c -o main
```


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