Foundations of Linux ARM64: Debug, Disassemble, and Reverse

Intermediate

44 Lessons

12h

Certificate of Completion

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This course includes

1 Assessment

16 Playgrounds

5 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Assessment

16 Playgrounds

5 Quizzes

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

What You'll Learn

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

Course Content

Introduction to the Course

Course Overview

Memory, Registers, and Simple Arithmetic

Comparison Between Memory and Registers

Assigning Numbers to Memory Locations and Registers Adding Numbers to Memory Cells Incrementing and Decrementing Numbers Multiplying Numbers

Code Optimization

GDB Disassembly Output – No Optimization GDB Disassembly Output – Optimization Quiz on Memory, Register, Simple Arithmetic and Code Optimization

Number Representations

Number System Hexadecimal Number Representations

Pointers

Introduction to Pointers Assigning Numbers to Memory Using Pointers Adding Numbers Using Pointers Incrementing Numbers Using Pointers Multiplying Numbers Using Pointers Quiz on Number Representations and Pointers

Bytes, Half Words, Words, and Double Words

2 Lessons

Pointers to Memory

3 Lessons

Logical Instructions and PC

4 Lessons

Reconstructing a Program with Pointers

3 Lessons

Memory and Stacks

3 Lessons

Frame Pointer and Local Variables

4 Lessons

Function Parameters

2 Lessons

More Instructions

2 Lessons

Function Pointer Parameters

2 Lessons

Conclusion

2 Lessons

ARM64 Linux Debugging, Disassembling, Reversing Exam

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