Issue finding string literal in readonly memory for userland core

[sdimitro]

Example test file:

$ cat test.c # compiled with gcc -O0 -g
// C program to demonstrate segmentation fault/core dump
// by modifying a string literal
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char* str;

int main()
{
	str = "Hello, World!\n";
	// Problem: trying to modify read only memory //
	*(str + 1) = 'n';
	return 0;
}

gdb equivalent pointers:

$ sudo gdb a.out /var/crash/core.a.out.229185.1678905166
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Reading symbols from b.out...
[New LWP 229185]
Core was generated by `./a.out'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0  main () at test.c:13
13		*(str + 1) = 'n';
(gdb) p str
$1 = 0x55e1cb33b004 "Hello, World!\n"
(gdb) p str[0]
$2 = 72 'H'

drgn:

$ drgn -c /var/crash/core.a.out.229185.1678905166
drgn 0.0.22 (using Python 3.8.10, elfutils 0.188, with libkdumpfile)
For help, type help(drgn).
>>> import drgn
>>> from drgn import NULL, Object, cast, container_of, execscript, offsetof, reinterpret, sizeof
>>> from drgn.helpers.common import *
>>> prog['str']
(char *)0x55e1cb33b004
>>> prog['str'][0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/code.py", line 90, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/drgn/internal/cli.py", line 56, in displayhook
    text = value.format_(columns=shutil.get_terminal_size((0, 0)).columns)
_drgn.FaultError: memory not saved in core dump: 0x55e1cb33b004
>>> ^C


$ drgn -c /var/crash/core.a.out.229185.1678905166 -s a.out
drgn 0.0.22 (using Python 3.8.10, elfutils 0.188, with libkdumpfile)
For help, type help(drgn).
>>> import drgn
>>> from drgn import NULL, Object, cast, container_of, execscript, offsetof, reinterpret, sizeof
>>> from drgn.helpers.common import *
>>> prog['str']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/code.py", line 90, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/drgn/internal/cli.py", line 56, in displayhook
    text = value.format_(columns=shutil.get_terminal_size((0, 0)).columns)
_drgn.FaultError: could not find memory segment: 0x4018
>>>

[sdimitro]

cc @pcd1193182

[osandov]

This is a known TODO: https://github.com/osandov/drgn/blob/1133b2fd318ec75019cfc2820a761e9f52f4f609/libdrgn/debug_info.c#L2041-L2045