Crate lief

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LIEF

LIEF Design

This package provides Rust bindings for LIEF. It exposes most of the LIEF API to read these formats:

  • ELF
  • PE
  • Mach-O

The bindings require at least Rust version 1.74.0 with the 2021 edition and support:

  • Windows x86-64 (support /MT and /MD linking)
  • Linux x86-64/aarch64/musl (Ubuntu 19.10, Almalinux 8, Debian 10, Fedora 29)
  • macOS (x86-64 and aarch64 with at least OSX Big Sur: 11.0)
  • iOS (aarch64)

Getting Started

[package]
name    = "my-awesome-project"
version = "0.0.1"
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
# For nightly
lief = { git = "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF", branch = "main" }
# For releases
lief = 0.16.6

fn main() {
   let path = std::env::args().last().unwrap();
   let mut file = std::fs::File::open(path).expect("Can't open the file");
   match lief::Binary::from(&mut file) {
       Some(lief::Binary::ELF(elf)) => {
           // Process ELF file
       },
       Some(lief::Binary::PE(pe)) => {
           // Process PE file
       },
       Some(lief::Binary::MachO(macho)) => {
           // Process Mach-O file (including FatMachO)
       },
       None => {
           // Parsing error
       }
   }
   return;
}

Note that the generic module implements the different traits shared by different structure of executable formats (symbols, relocations, …)

Additional Information

For more details about the install procedure and the configuration, please check: https://lief.re/doc/latest/api/rust/index.html

Modules

  • assembly
    Assembly/Disassembly Module
  • debug_info
  • dsc
    Module for Dyld shared cache support
  • dwarf
    Module for processing DWARF debug info
  • elf
    Module for the ELF file format support in LIEF.
  • error
    Module for LIEF’s error
  • generic
    Executable formats generic traits (LIEF’s abstract layer)
  • logging
    LIEF’s logging API
  • macho
    Module for the Mach-O file format support in LIEF.
  • objc
    Module for Objective-C metadata
  • pdb
    Module for processing PDB file
  • pe
    Module for the PE file format support in LIEF.

Structs

  • DebugLocation
    This structure represents a location in the different debug formats (DWARF/PDB)
  • Range

Enums

  • Binary
    Enum that wraps all the executable formats supported by LIEF
  • DebugInfo
    This enum wraps either a PDB or a DWARF debug info
  • Error

Traits

Functions