[SharedCache] Add load option to disable automatic loading of libsystem_c

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/view/sharedcache/core/DSCView.cpp b/view/sharedcache/core/DSCView.cpp
index 80456fc7..3eb40b7e 100644
--- a/view/sharedcache/core/DSCView.cpp
+++ b/view/sharedcache/core/DSCView.cpp
@@ -814,6 +814,14 @@ Ref<Settings> DSCViewType::GetLoadSettingsForData(BinaryView* data)
 		"description" : "Processes CoreFoundation strings, applying string values from encoded metadata"
 		})");
 
+	settings->RegisterSetting("loader.dsc.autoLoadLibSystem",
+		R"({
+		"title" : "Auto-Load libSystem",
+		"type" : "boolean",
+		"default" : true,
+		"description" : "Whether to automatically load libsystem_c.dylib. This image contains frequently used noreturn symbols, and not loading it will result in frequently incorrect control flows."
+		})");
+
 	settings->RegisterSetting("loader.dsc.processObjC",
 		R"({
 		"title" : "Process Objective-C Metadata",
diff --git a/view/sharedcache/core/SharedCache.cpp b/view/sharedcache/core/SharedCache.cpp
index 40ccea6c..bc3b9321 100644
--- a/view/sharedcache/core/SharedCache.cpp
+++ b/view/sharedcache/core/SharedCache.cpp
@@ -1392,18 +1392,26 @@ SharedCache::SharedCache(BinaryNinja::Ref<BinaryNinja::BinaryView> dscView) : m_
 				m_logger->LogError("Failed to perform initial load of Shared Cache");
 			}
 
-			for (const auto& [_, header] : m_headers)
+			auto settings = m_dscView->GetLoadSettings(VIEW_NAME);
+			bool autoLoadLibsystem = true;
+			if (settings && settings->Contains("loader.dsc.autoLoadLibSystem"))
 			{
-				if (header.installName.find("libsystem_c.dylib") != std::string::npos)
+				autoLoadLibsystem = settings->Get<bool>("loader.dsc.autoLoadLibSystem", m_dscView);
+			}
+			if (autoLoadLibsystem)
+			{
+				for (const auto& [_, header] : m_headers)
 				{
-					lock.unlock();
-					m_logger->LogInfo("Loading core libsystem_c.dylib library");
-					LoadImageWithInstallName(header.installName);
-					lock.lock();
-					break ;
+					if (header.installName.find("libsystem_c.dylib") != std::string::npos)
+					{
+						lock.unlock();
+						m_logger->LogInfo("Loading core libsystem_c.dylib library");
+						LoadImageWithInstallName(header.installName);
+						lock.lock();
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 			}
-
 			m_viewState = DSCViewStateLoaded;
 			SaveToDSCView();
 		}