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Accelerated Linux Debugging 4D

Training Course Transcript with WinDbg, GDB, LLDB, rr, KDB, KGDB Practice Exercises

Dmitry Vostokov

The full transcript of Software Diagnostics Services training with more than 20 step-by-step exercises using WSL and Hyper-V environments, notes, and source code of specially created modeling applications in C, C++, and Rust. Learn live local and remote debugging techniques in the kernel, user process, and managed spaces using WinDbg, GDB, LLDB, rr, and KDB, KGDB debuggers. The unique and innovative course teaches unified debugging patterns applied to real problems from complex software environments. A necessary x64 and ARM64 review is also included.

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The full transcript of Software Diagnostics Services training with more than 20 step-by-step exercises using WSL and Hyper-V environments, notes, and source code of specially created modeling applications in C, C++, and Rust. Learn live local and remote debugging techniques in the kernel, user process, and managed spaces using WinDbg, GDB, LLDB, rr, and KDB, KGDB debuggers. The unique and innovative course teaches unified debugging patterns applied to real problems from complex software environments. A necessary x64 and ARM64 review is also included.

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of one of these languages: C, C++, Rust. Operating system internals and assembly language concepts are explained when necessary.

Audience: Software engineers, software maintenance engineers, escalation engineers, SRE, DevOps and DevSecOps, cloud engineers, security and vulnerability researchers, malware and memory forensics analysts who want to learn live memory inspection techniques.

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Dmitry Vostokov

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Contents

Table of Contents

About the Author 5

Presentation Slides and Transcript 7

Review of x64 Disassembly (GDB, LLDB) 41

Review of ARM64 Disassembly 51

Review of x64 Disassembly (WinDbg) 61

Practice Exercises 73

Exercise UD0 79

Exercise UD1 (WinDbg) 90

Exercise UD1 (GDB) 101

Exercise UD1 (LLDB) 107

Exercise UD2 (GDB) 115

Exercise UD2 (LLDB) 124

Exercise UD3 (WinDbg) 133

Exercise UD3 (GDB) 152

Exercise UD4 (WinDbg) 164

Exercise UD4 (GDB) 172

Exercise UD4 (LLDB) 178

Exercise UD5 (WinDbg) 186

Exercise UD5 (GDB) 203

Exercise UD6 (GDB) 224

Exercise UD7 (GDB) 229

Exercise UD7 (LLDB) 233

Exercise KD0 239

Exercise KD8 254

Exercise KD10 282

Exercise MD9 322

Exercise TD5 333

Exercise RD11 (WinDbg) 341

Exercise RD11 (GDB) 348

Exercise RD11 (LLDB) 352

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