Foundations of Linux ARM64: Debug, Disassemble, and Reverse

Intermediate

44 Lessons

12h

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This course includes

1 Assessment
16 Playgrounds
5 Quizzes
123 Illustrations

This course includes

1 Assessment
16 Playgrounds
5 Quizzes
123 Illustrations

Course Overview

The GNU Debugger (GDB) is used for debugging C/C++ programs in LINUX/UNIX environments. It is a good tool to investigate what is happening inside a program, and how the contents inside the memory are changed with the execution of the program. The main focus of the course is the disassembly of the program. You’ll use the Linux ARM64 which is a popular RISC architecture. You’ll use simple operations in C/C++ such as assignment, increment, addition, multiplication. With the help of the GDB, you will probe int...Show More

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with disassembly in the GDB environment of simple C/C++ programs

An understanding of how to debug programs with a cross-sectional view to the contents of registers, stack, and memory

Ability to use GDB as a dump analysis tool

Hands-on experience to reconstruct simple C/C++ programs from the disassembly output

A deeper understanding of the basic assembly language programming skills

Course Content

1

Introduction to the Course

2

Memory, Registers, and Simple Arithmetic

3

Code Optimization

4

Number Representations

5

Pointers

6

Bytes, Half Words, Words, and Double Words

2 Lessons

7

Pointers to Memory

3 Lessons

8

Logical Instructions and PC

4 Lessons

9

Reconstructing a Program with Pointers

3 Lessons

10

Memory and Stacks

3 Lessons

11

Frame Pointer and Local Variables

4 Lessons

12

Function Parameters

2 Lessons

13

More Instructions

2 Lessons

14

Function Pointer Parameters

2 Lessons

15

Conclusion

2 Lessons

ARM64 Linux Debugging, Disassembling, Reversing Exam

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