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authorMark Rowe <mark@vector35.com>2025-10-22 19:52:19 -0700
committerMark Rowe <mark@vector35.com>2025-10-23 13:33:08 -0700
commit9a8faad50f56d748fcd1498c170797c67bb53217 (patch)
tree2b39b444d1c51c680a89d86de40af85b5f913592 /python/project.py
parentb57e208e1aa7f261cb1d0980cada3af1c05fe6d1 (diff)
[KernelCache] Set segment permissions based on how XNU initially maps them
XNU maps kernel cache segments in with different permissions than the load commands indicate. For instance, `__DATA_CONST` is initially mapped as read-write before later being re-mapped as read-only. Treating it as read-only results in analysis falsely assuming that global variables cannot change. To work around this we maintain a mapping from segment name to initial permissions (i.e., most lax permissions) and favor them over permissions derived from the segment load command. Section semantics are also derived from the segment's permissions when the segment is present in the mapping. The mapping is based on the initial permissions established by `arm_vm_prot_init` within the XNU source.
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