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Kernel debugging kgdb

• Target side:
  • echo ttyS0,115200 > /sys/module/kgdboc/parameters/kgdboc
  • echo g > /proc/sysrq-trigger
    • If you want to start the debugging when the kernel starts loading, append to the command line parameters of the kernel. You must use this order! First you must register the I/O driver and then kgdb will be able to wait.
      • kgdboc=ttyS0,115200 kgdbwait

• Host windows and VM is linux via virtualbox: http://sysprogs.com/VBoxGDB/tutorial/

• Debugging between Host ↔ VM via virtualbox: https://www.opensourceforu.com/2011/03/kgdb-with-virtualbox-debug-live-kernel/, or refer to https://cs.wmich.edu/~rhardin/cs4540/KernelDebuggingVirtualbox.pdf
  • The socat binary installed on the host. This is used to link the pipe file (FIFO) that is created by VirtualBox, with a pseudo-terminal on the host system.

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Systemtap: very good informatin, esp to get debug symbols for kernel X

Debugging between VM ↔ VM: http://www.alexlambert.com/2017/12/18/kernel-debugging-for-newbies.html

• Disable KASLR on the debuggee machine via grub configuration

set up gdb envrionment

• Using kgdb, kdb and the kernel debugger internals: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kgdb.html

https://www.tecmint.com/install-kvm-on-ubuntu/

• Kernel Memory Leak Detector: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kmemleak.html