On Fri, 08 Jun 2018, Demosthenes Koptsis wrote:
> Hello, i implemented a ptrace and waitpid external functions in order to
> read/write a memory address of a process.
>
> i want to make a trainer for a game in gambas and i created a small program
> that reads and writes to a memory process.
>
> The problem is that when i try to write to memory it freezes at waitpid
> line.
>
> i attach the test program you have to 1) open it as root 2) run a process
> you want to hack and get the pid 3) scan memory with scanmem and locate an
> address you want to write. 4) run my test program and see it freezes.
>
> Any help?
>
Does the same code work in a C program? It seems like waitpid() is just what
you need to do after PTRACE_ATTACH, but anyway I'd say it's a good idea to
develop the low-level bits in C first, so that we're sure it's the translation
to Gambas which is faulty, and not the algorithm.
Three other remarks:
* I'm certainly not running a random somebody's buggy program as root.
Can't you spawn a child process yourself and then use PTRACE_TRACEME
for debugging purposes? That shouldn't require root privileges.
* You should also check return values of system calls.
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Regards,
Tobi
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