support IDA version 9.0

[zhefox]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. support IDA version 9.0

[cblichmann]

Yes! This needs to be done. I was on vacation last week, but will request the beta version today :)

[steph3nsims]

You rock man!

[BruhRain]

Any updates on this? I've been waiting a while for this to release, I'm pretty sure someone has already made an update but changes haven't been merged, I cant build the project currently lol.

[cblichmann]

I am super sorry about this, but I don't really have the cycles for this at the moment (see my "rant" at https://x.com/AdmVonSchneider/status/1841261692728037445).

Note that as a workaround, you can use the BinExport PR mentioned in the thread (https://github.com/google/binexport/pull/133) to build a binexport64.so that works with IDA 9.0 and then use a workflow similar to the one for Ghidra/Binary Ninja:

• Export primary and secondary database first (e.g. into a.BinExport and b.BinExport)
• Run bindiff a.BinExport b.BinExport
• Using the BinDiff UI, open a vs. b.BinDiff

[BruhRain]

Thanks, i'll try this out

[zhefox]

#51 Compile and obtain Or if there is already a version compiled by others in other repositories, you can download it directly.

[Jacky-LinPeng]

Hi，would it be possible for you to release a package so that we can install and use it conveniently? We would be extremely grateful.

As a novice, I have installed BinDiff using BinDiff8.dmg. However, if there is no new release package, I don't know how to ensure compatibility. Currently, there is no BinExport in my IDA9 - Edit - Plugins.

[cblichmann]

For various reasons I can't currently provide release packages. We'll also need to fix the Windows builds here on GitHub (protobuf linking against the wrong std lib) first.

[zhefox]

tomorrow

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Hello, can you release a release package for us to install and use? Thank you very much

I am new, I have already installed BinDiff using BinDiff8.dmg, if no new release package is published, I do not know how to be compatible, my IDA9-Edit-Plugins do not have BinExport

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[zhefox]

Hi，would it be possible for you to release a package so that we can install and use it conveniently? We would be extremely grateful.

As a novice, I have installed BinDiff using BinDiff8.dmg. However, if there is no new release package, I don't know how to ensure compatibility. Currently, there is no BinExport in my IDA9 - Edit - Plugins.

https://github.com/zhefox/Bindiff_for_IDA9.0

[zhefox]

Just replace the original file,for example, mine is in the directory: C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Hex-Rays\IDA Pro\plugins\

[Jacky-LinPeng]

Hi，would it be possible for you to release a package so that we can install and use it conveniently? We would be extremely grateful. As a novice, I have installed BinDiff using BinDiff8.dmg. However, if there is no new release package, I don't know how to ensure compatibility. Currently, there is no BinExport in my IDA9 - Edit - Plugins.

https://github.com/zhefox/Bindiff_for_IDA9.0

Thank you so much! However, I am using the Mac system. It seems that it needs to be compiled into a dynamic link library. For instance, bindiff7_ida64.dylib. Would it be convenient for you to compile a version that supports the Mac system? I believe there are also many Mac users who would find it useful.

[zhefox]

Hi，would it be possible for you to release a package so that we can install and use it conveniently? We would be extremely grateful. As a novice, I have installed BinDiff using BinDiff8.dmg. However, if there is no new release package, I don't know how to ensure compatibility. Currently, there is no BinExport in my IDA9 - Edit - Plugins.

https://github.com/zhefox/Bindiff_for_IDA9.0

Thank you so much! However, I am using the Mac system. It seems that it needs to be compiled into a dynamic link library. For instance, bindiff7_ida64.dylib. Would it be convenient for you to compile a version that supports the Mac system? I believe there are also many Mac users who would find it useful.

https://bbs.kanxue.com/thread-283322.htm You can download it here

[Jacky-LinPeng]

Hi，would it be possible for you to release a package so that we can install and use it conveniently? We would be extremely grateful. As a novice, I have installed BinDiff using BinDiff8.dmg. However, if there is no new release package, I don't know how to ensure compatibility. Currently, there is no BinExport in my IDA9 - Edit - Plugins.

https://github.com/zhefox/Bindiff_for_IDA9.0

Thank you so much! However, I am using the Mac system. It seems that it needs to be compiled into a dynamic link library. For instance, bindiff7_ida64.dylib. Would it be convenient for you to compile a version that supports the Mac system? I believe there are also many Mac users who would find it useful.

https://bbs.kanxue.com/thread-283322.htm You can download it here

Thank you so much

[cblichmann]

We still go this issue to deal with that I got notified about:

This also requires additional changes to idb_exporter.cc in BinExport which is also used by BinDiff. BinDiff calls IDA to perform export of secondary database, and IDA name is kinda hardcoded to be ida.exe for 32bit and ida64.exe for 64bit. And this is not correct anymore for IDA 9 where there is no such thing as 32bit IDA, and 64bit is called ida.exe now. So exporting of the secondary database fails (tries to call nonexistent ida64.exe), and because of this diffing fails as well.

[XZVB12]

Hello, is it possible to publish a version for linux ? I tried to use plugin from here: https://github.com/google/binexport/actions/runs/11632778168 but I still get a error: /plugins/binexport12_ida.so: undefined symbol: root_node /plugins/binexport12_ida.so: can't load file

[nicolaipre]

Some guy made a PR to fix this here: https://github.com/google/bindiff/pull/51

[dumbasPL]

Here is my IDA 9.0.240925 port (no backward compatibility, pre-built binaries for all platforms). This probably won't get merged but it's good enough to get by for now.

Check actions or the releases section for binaries or build yourself

https://github.com/cs2-analysis/binexport https://github.com/cs2-analysis/bindiff

[karpiyon]

Here is my IDA 9.0.240925 port (no backward compatibility, pre-built binaries for all platforms). This probably won't get merged but it's good enough to get by for now.

Check actions or the releases section for binaries or build yourself

https://github.com/cs2-analysis/binexport https://github.com/cs2-analysis/bindiff

Can someone please explain where to place the files from the above links?

I don't have these folder under bindiff installation: where exactly do i place each file?

[dumbasPL]

Can someone please explain where to place the files from the above links?

I don't have these folder under bindiff installation: where exactly do i place each file?

The folder structure is indeed different, that's what comes out of the build, but all the file names are the same. Use the search function and replace files with the same names. If your IDA plugins aren't linked to the bindiff install dir you will also need to replace them manually.

Just replacing the IDA plugins should be enough if you only want to use it from IDA. The only thing that changed in the other binaries is how it finds ida, but if you start from ida it shouldn't matter AFAIK.

Here is the Arch Linux example (paths relative to the install directory should be identical on all platforms I think): https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=bindiff-ida9-bin

[karpiyon]

Can someone please explain where to place the files from the above links? I don't have these folder under bindiff installation: where exactly do i place each file?

The folder structure is indeed different, that's what comes out of the build, but all the file names are the same. Use the search function and replace files with the same names. If your IDA plugins aren't linked to the bindiff install dir you will also need to replace them manually.

Just replacing the IDA plugins should be enough if you only want to use it from IDA. The only thing that changed in the other binaries is how it finds ida, but if you start from ida it shouldn't matter AFAIK.

Here is the Arch Linux example (paths relative to the install directory should be identical on all platforms I think): https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=bindiff-ida9-bin

Working well on my end. Any chnage this would be implemented in teh official release as well?

[cblichmann]

Any chnage this would be implemented in teh official release as well?

Probably not, at least not in that state. The ArchLinux build is downloading binary packages, too, which is probably also not what that project wants (but I don't know enough about ArchLinux).

The main problem I have is that it's hard to support multiple versions of the IDA Pro SDK internally. That's one reason we don't have BinDiff for IDA 9 yet. Another is that I disagree with the new subscription model and am hesitant to move to IDA 9 exclusively for that reason.

[programmer0990]

Here is my IDA 9.0.240925 port (no backward compatibility, pre-built binaries for all platforms). This probably won't get merged but it's good enough to get by for now.

Check actions or the releases section for binaries or build yourself

https://github.com/cs2-analysis/binexport https://github.com/cs2-analysis/bindiff

Can u tell me how i can use it? Im beginner and don't know much about it

[dumbasPL]

Can u tell me how i can use it? Im beginner and don't know much about it

Install the original bindiff and replace the installed binaries with new ones from the new build (the file structure isn't the same, but the filenames are). Remember that ida 9 only has the 64-bit version, but the new plugin filename doesn't have the 64 suffix. You didn't tell me what platform you're on so can't give you specifics.

[programmer0990]

Can u tell me how i can use it? Im beginner and don't know much about it

Install the original bindiff and replace the installed binaries with new ones from the new build (the file structure isn't the same, but the filenames are). Remember that ida 9 only has the 64-bit version, but the new plugin filename doesn't have the 64 suffix. You didn't tell me what platform you're on so can't give you specifics.

Im using windows 10 64 bit

[programmer0990]

Can u tell me how i can use it? Im beginner and don't know much about it

Install the original bindiff and replace the installed binaries with new ones from the new build (the file structure isn't the same, but the filenames are). Remember that ida 9 only has the 64-bit version, but the new plugin filename doesn't have the 64 suffix. You didn't tell me what platform you're on so can't give you specifics.

Also ive already tried replacing files but still got error "please set the correct path in main settings"

[gondre]

Here is my IDA 9.0.240925 port (no backward compatibility, pre-built binaries for all platforms). This probably won't get merged but it's good enough to get by for now.

Check actions or the releases section for binaries or build yourself

https://github.com/cs2-analysis/binexport https://github.com/cs2-analysis/bindiff

Note that the mac pre-built binaries that you provide for ida folders are .so files and not dylib.

but I think that the artefacts available on that page contains the ida9 fixes? https://github.com/google/bindiff/actions/runs/11779036890

[blacktop]

Here is my IDA 9.0.240925 port (no backward compatibility, pre-built binaries for all platforms). This probably won't get merged but it's good enough to get by for now. Check actions or the releases section for binaries or build yourself https://github.com/cs2-analysis/binexport https://github.com/cs2-analysis/bindiff

Note that the mac pre-built binaries that you provide for ida folders are .so files and not dylib.

but I think that the artefacts available on that page contains the ida9 fixes? https://github.com/google/bindiff/actions/runs/11779036890

seems like the action only creates x86 dylibs 😩

[bendwv]

Can u tell me how i can use it? Im beginner and don't know much about it

Install the original bindiff and replace the installed binaries with new ones from the new build (the file structure isn't the same, but the filenames are). Remember that ida 9 only has the 64-bit version, but the new plugin filename doesn't have the 64 suffix. You didn't tell me what platform you're on so can't give you specifics.

Also ive already tried replacing files but still got error "please set the correct path in main settings"

also getting this issue, the provided binaries don't seem to work

[athre0z]

Here's how I got it to build on Linux:

• Download 9.0 SP1 SDK from HR download center
• Build BinExport
  • git clone https://github.com/google/binexport
  • cd binexport
  • mkdir third_party
  • unzip -q ~dl/idasdk90sp1.zip -d third_party
  • mv third_party/idasdk{90,}
  • cp third_party/idasdk/lib/x64_linux_gcc_64/libida{,64}.so
  • cp third_party/idasdk/lib/x64_linux_gcc_{64,32}/libida.so
  • mkdir build && cd build
  • cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD}" -DBINEXPORT_ENABLE_IDAPRO=ON "-DIdaSdk_ROOT_DIR=${PWD}/../third_party/idasdk" -DBINEXPORT_ENABLE_BINARYNINJA=ON
  • cmake --build . --config Release
  • cp build/ida/binexport12_ida64.so ~ida/plugins
• Build BinDiff
  • git clone https://github.com/google/bindiff
  • (generally follow build steps in README, and apply same IDA SDK fixups as above)
  • cp build/out/ida/bindiff8_ida64.so ~ida/plugins

For the plugin to work correctly, you also need to:

• cd <ida install dir>
• ln -s ida ida64

Or it will fail to launch the secondary IDA instance.

Edit: plugin binaries available here: bindiff-ida90sp1-linux.tar.gz