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authorLukBukkit <luk.bukkit@gmail.com>2025-04-24 16:20:32 +0000
committerMason Reed <mason@vector35.com>2025-10-07 16:47:33 -0400
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[Rust] Implement custom data renderer API
Also adds an example plugin and misc rust fixes / documentation. This is a continuation of https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/pull/6721 Co-authored-by: rbran <lgit@rubens.io>
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-rw-r--r--rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/Cargo.toml13
-rw-r--r--rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/README.md63
-rw-r--r--rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/build.rs25
-rw-r--r--rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/src/lib.rs111
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diff --git a/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/Cargo.toml b/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "example_data_renderer"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+binaryninjacore-sys = { path = "../../binaryninjacore-sys" }
+binaryninja = { path = "../.." }
+uuid = "1.18.1"
+log = "0.4.27"
diff --git a/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/README.md b/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/README.md
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+# Data Renderer Example
+
+This example implements a simple data renderer for the Mach-O load command LC_UUID.
+You can try the renderer by loading the `/bin/cat` binary from macOS.
+
+We're implementing a functionality similar to the one described in the Python data renderer blog post:
+https://binary.ninja/2024/04/08/customizing-data-display.html.
+
+## Building
+
+```sh
+# Build from the root directory (binaryninja-api)
+cargo build --manifest-path rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/Cargo.toml
+# Link binary on macOS
+ln -sf $PWD/target/debug/libexample_data_renderer.dylib ~/Library/Application\ Support/Binary\ Ninja/plugins
+```
+
+## Result
+
+The following Mach-O load command be will be transformed from
+
+```c
+struct uuid __macho_load_command_[10] =
+{
+ enum load_command_type_t cmd = LC_UUID
+ uint32_t cmdsize = 0x18
+ uint8_t uuid[0x10] =
+ {
+ [0x0] = 0x74
+ [0x1] = 0xa0
+ [0x2] = 0x3a
+ [0x3] = 0xbd
+ [0x4] = 0x1e
+ [0x5] = 0x19
+ [0x6] = 0x32
+ [0x7] = 0x67
+ [0x8] = 0x9a
+ [0x9] = 0xdc
+ [0xa] = 0x42
+ [0xb] = 0x99
+ [0xc] = 0x4e
+ [0xd] = 0x26
+ [0xe] = 0xa2
+ [0xf] = 0xb7
+ }
+}
+```
+
+into the following representation
+
+```c
+struct uuid __macho_load_command_[10] =
+{
+ enum load_command_type_t cmd = LC_UUID
+ uint32_t cmdsize = 0x18
+ uint8_t uuid[0x10] = UUID("74a03abd-1e19-3267-9adc-42994e26a2b7")
+}
+```
+
+You can compare the shown UUID with the output of otool:
+```sh
+otool -arch all -l /bin/cat
+``` \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/build.rs b/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/build.rs
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+fn main() {
+ let link_path = std::env::var_os("DEP_BINARYNINJACORE_PATH")
+ .expect("DEP_BINARYNINJACORE_PATH not specified");
+
+ println!("cargo::rustc-link-lib=dylib=binaryninjacore");
+ println!("cargo::rustc-link-search={}", link_path.to_str().unwrap());
+
+ #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+ {
+ println!(
+ "cargo::rustc-link-arg=-Wl,-rpath,{0},-L{0}",
+ link_path.to_string_lossy()
+ );
+ }
+
+ #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+ {
+ let crate_name = std::env::var("CARGO_PKG_NAME").expect("CARGO_PKG_NAME not set");
+ let lib_name = crate_name.replace('-', "_");
+ println!(
+ "cargo::rustc-link-arg=-Wl,-install_name,@rpath/lib{}.dylib",
+ lib_name
+ );
+ }
+}
diff --git a/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/src/lib.rs b/rust/plugin_examples/data_renderer/src/lib.rs
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+use binaryninja::binary_view::{BinaryView, BinaryViewBase};
+use binaryninja::data_renderer::{
+ register_data_renderer, CustomDataRenderer, RegistrationType, TypeContext,
+};
+use binaryninja::disassembly::{
+ DisassemblyTextLine, InstructionTextToken, InstructionTextTokenKind,
+};
+use binaryninja::types::{Type, TypeClass};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+struct UuidDataRenderer {}
+
+impl CustomDataRenderer for UuidDataRenderer {
+ const REGISTRATION_TYPE: RegistrationType = RegistrationType::Specific;
+
+ fn is_valid_for_data(
+ &self,
+ _view: &BinaryView,
+ _addr: u64,
+ type_: &Type,
+ types: &[TypeContext],
+ ) -> bool {
+ // We only want to render arrays with a size of 16 elements
+ if type_.type_class() != TypeClass::ArrayTypeClass {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if type_.count() != 0x10 {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ // The array elements must be of the type uint8_t
+ let Some(element_type_conf) = type_.element_type() else {
+ return false;
+ };
+ let element_type = element_type_conf.contents;
+ if element_type.type_class() != TypeClass::IntegerTypeClass {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if element_type.width() != 1 {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ // The array should be embedded in a named type reference with the id macho:["uuid"]
+ for type_ctx in types {
+ if type_ctx.ty().type_class() != TypeClass::NamedTypeReferenceClass {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ let Some(name_ref) = type_ctx.ty().get_named_type_reference() else {
+ continue;
+ };
+
+ if name_ref.id() == "macho:[\"uuid\"]" {
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+
+ false
+ }
+
+ fn lines_for_data(
+ &self,
+ view: &BinaryView,
+ addr: u64,
+ _type_: &Type,
+ prefix: Vec<InstructionTextToken>,
+ _width: usize,
+ _types_ctx: &[TypeContext],
+ _language: &str,
+ ) -> Vec<DisassemblyTextLine> {
+ let mut tokens = prefix.clone();
+
+ let mut buf = [0u8; 0x10];
+ let bytes_read = view.read(&mut buf, addr);
+
+ // Make sure that we've read all UUID bytes and convert them to token
+ if bytes_read == 0x10 {
+ tokens.extend([
+ InstructionTextToken::new("UUID(\"", InstructionTextTokenKind::Text),
+ InstructionTextToken::new(
+ Uuid::from_bytes(buf).to_string(),
+ InstructionTextTokenKind::String { value: 0 },
+ ),
+ InstructionTextToken::new("\")", InstructionTextTokenKind::Text),
+ ]);
+ } else {
+ tokens.push(InstructionTextToken::new(
+ "error: cannot read 0x10 bytes",
+ InstructionTextTokenKind::Annotation,
+ ));
+ }
+
+ vec![DisassemblyTextLine::new_with_addr(tokens, addr)]
+ }
+}
+
+/// # Safety
+/// This function is called from Binary Ninja once to initialize the plugin.
+#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn CorePluginInit() -> bool {
+ // Initialize logging
+ binaryninja::logger::Logger::new("UUID Data Renderer")
+ .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug)
+ .init();
+
+ // Register data renderer
+ register_data_renderer(UuidDataRenderer {});
+
+ true
+}