// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Package buildinfo provides access to information embedded in a Go binary // about how it was built. This includes the Go toolchain version, and the // set of modules used (for binaries built in module mode). // // Build information is available for the currently running binary in // runtime/debug.ReadBuildInfo. package buildinfo import ( "bytes" "debug/elf" "debug/macho" "debug/pe" "encoding/binary" "errors" "fmt" "internal/xcoff" "io" "io/fs" "os" "runtime/debug" ) // Type alias for build info. We cannot move the types here, since // runtime/debug would need to import this package, which would make it // a much larger dependency. type BuildInfo = debug.BuildInfo var ( // errUnrecognizedFormat is returned when a given executable file doesn't // appear to be in a known format, or it breaks the rules of that format, // or when there are I/O errors reading the file. errUnrecognizedFormat = errors.New("unrecognized file format") // errNotGoExe is returned when a given executable file is valid but does // not contain Go build information. errNotGoExe = errors.New("not a Go executable") // The build info blob left by the linker is identified by // a 16-byte header, consisting of buildInfoMagic (14 bytes), // the binary's pointer size (1 byte), // and whether the binary is big endian (1 byte). buildInfoMagic = []byte("\xff Go buildinf:") ) // ReadFile returns build information embedded in a Go binary // file at the given path. Most information is only available for binaries built // with module support. func ReadFile(name string) (info *BuildInfo, err error) { defer func() { if pathErr := (*fs.PathError)(nil); errors.As(err, &pathErr) { err = fmt.Errorf("could not read Go build info: %w", err) } else if err != nil { err = fmt.Errorf("could not read Go build info from %s: %w", name, err) } }() f, err := os.Open(name) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer f.Close() return Read(f) } // Read returns build information embedded in a Go binary file // accessed through the given ReaderAt. Most information is only available for // binaries built with module support. func Read(r io.ReaderAt) (*BuildInfo, error) { vers, mod, err := readRawBuildInfo(r) if err != nil { return nil, err } bi, err := debug.ParseBuildInfo(mod) if err != nil { return nil, err } bi.GoVersion = vers return bi, nil } type exe interface { // ReadData reads and returns up to size bytes starting at virtual address addr. ReadData(addr, size uint64) ([]byte, error) // DataStart returns the virtual address of the segment or section that // should contain build information. This is either a specially named section // or the first writable non-zero data segment. DataStart() uint64 } // readRawBuildInfo extracts the Go toolchain version and module information // strings from a Go binary. On success, vers should be non-empty. mod // is empty if the binary was not built with modules enabled. func readRawBuildInfo(r io.ReaderAt) (vers, mod string, err error) { // Read the first bytes of the file to identify the format, then delegate to // a format-specific function to load segment and section headers. ident := make([]byte, 16) if n, err := r.ReadAt(ident, 0); n < len(ident) || err != nil { return "", "", errUnrecognizedFormat } var x exe switch { case bytes.HasPrefix(ident, []byte("\x7FELF")): f, err := elf.NewFile(r) if err != nil { return "", "", errUnrecognizedFormat } x = &elfExe{f} case bytes.HasPrefix(ident, []byte("MZ")): f, err := pe.NewFile(r) if err != nil { return "", "", errUnrecognizedFormat } x = &peExe{f} case bytes.HasPrefix(ident, []byte("\xFE\xED\xFA")) || bytes.HasPrefix(ident[1:], []byte("\xFA\xED\xFE")): f, err := macho.NewFile(r) if err != nil { return "", "", errUnrecognizedFormat } x = &machoExe{f} case bytes.HasPrefix(ident, []byte{0x01, 0xDF}) || bytes.HasPrefix(ident, []byte{0x01, 0xF7}): f, err := xcoff.NewFile(r) if err != nil { return "", "", errUnrecognizedFormat } x = &xcoffExe{f} default: return "", "", errUnrecognizedFormat } // Read the first 64kB of dataAddr to find the build info blob. // On some platforms, the blob will be in its own section, and DataStart // returns the address of that section. On others, it's somewhere in the // data segment; the linker puts it near the beginning. // See cmd/link/internal/ld.Link.buildinfo. dataAddr := x.DataStart() data, err := x.ReadData(dataAddr, 64*1024) if err != nil { return "", "", err } const ( buildInfoAlign = 16 buildInfoSize = 32 ) for { i := bytes.Index(data, buildInfoMagic) if i < 0 || len(data)-i < buildInfoSize { return "", "", errNotGoExe } if i%buildInfoAlign == 0 && len(data)-i >= buildInfoSize { data = data[i:] break } data = data[(i+buildInfoAlign-1)&^buildInfoAlign:] } // Decode the blob. // The first 14 bytes are buildInfoMagic. // The next two bytes indicate pointer size in bytes (4 or 8) and endianness // (0 for little, 1 for big). // Two virtual addresses to Go strings follow that: runtime.buildVersion, // and runtime.modinfo. // On 32-bit platforms, the last 8 bytes are unused. // If the endianness has the 2 bit set, then the pointers are zero // and the 32-byte header is followed by varint-prefixed string data // for the two string values we care about. ptrSize := int(data[14]) if data[15]&2 != 0 { vers, data = decodeString(data[32:]) mod, data = decodeString(data) } else { bigEndian := data[15] != 0 var bo binary.ByteOrder if bigEndian { bo = binary.BigEndian } else { bo = binary.LittleEndian } var readPtr func([]byte) uint64 if ptrSize == 4 { readPtr = func(b []byte) uint64 { return uint64(bo.Uint32(b)) } } else { readPtr = bo.Uint64 } vers = readString(x, ptrSize, readPtr, readPtr(data[16:])) mod = readString(x, ptrSize, readPtr, readPtr(data[16+ptrSize:])) } if vers == "" { return "", "", errNotGoExe } if len(mod) >= 33 && mod[len(mod)-17] == '\n' { // Strip module framing: sentinel strings delimiting the module info. // These are cmd/go/internal/modload.infoStart and infoEnd. mod = mod[16 : len(mod)-16] } else { mod = "" } return vers, mod, nil } func decodeString(data []byte) (s string, rest []byte) { u, n := binary.Uvarint(data) if n <= 0 || u >= uint64(len(data)-n) { return "", nil } return string(data[n : uint64(n)+u]), data[uint64(n)+u:] } // readString returns the string at address addr in the executable x. func readString(x exe, ptrSize int, readPtr func([]byte) uint64, addr uint64) string { hdr, err := x.ReadData(addr, uint64(2*ptrSize)) if err != nil || len(hdr) < 2*ptrSize { return "" } dataAddr := readPtr(hdr) dataLen := readPtr(hdr[ptrSize:]) data, err := x.ReadData(dataAddr, dataLen) if err != nil || uint64(len(data)) < dataLen { return "" } return string(data) } // elfExe is the ELF implementation of the exe interface. type elfExe struct { f *elf.File } func (x *elfExe) ReadData(addr, size uint64) ([]byte, error) { for _, prog := range x.f.Progs { if prog.Vaddr <= addr && addr <= prog.Vaddr+prog.Filesz-1 { n := prog.Vaddr + prog.Filesz - addr if n > size { n = size } data := make([]byte, n) _, err := prog.ReadAt(data, int64(addr-prog.Vaddr)) if err != nil { return nil, err } return data, nil } } return nil, errUnrecognizedFormat } func (x *elfExe) DataStart() uint64 { for _, s := range x.f.Sections { if s.Name == ".go.buildinfo" { return s.Addr } } for _, p := range x.f.Progs { if p.Type == elf.PT_LOAD && p.Flags&(elf.PF_X|elf.PF_W) == elf.PF_W { return p.Vaddr } } return 0 } // peExe is the PE (Windows Portable Executable) implementation of the exe interface. type peExe struct { f *pe.File } func (x *peExe) imageBase() uint64 { switch oh := x.f.OptionalHeader.(type) { case *pe.OptionalHeader32: return uint64(oh.ImageBase) case *pe.OptionalHeader64: return oh.ImageBase } return 0 } func (x *peExe) ReadData(addr, size uint64) ([]byte, error) { addr -= x.imageBase() for _, sect := range x.f.Sections { if uint64(sect.VirtualAddress) <= addr && addr <= uint64(sect.VirtualAddress+sect.Size-1) { n := uint64(sect.VirtualAddress+sect.Size) - addr if n > size { n = size } data := make([]byte, n) _, err := sect.ReadAt(data, int64(addr-uint64(sect.VirtualAddress))) if err != nil { return nil, errUnrecognizedFormat } return data, nil } } return nil, errUnrecognizedFormat } func (x *peExe) DataStart() uint64 { // Assume data is first writable section. const ( IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE = 0x00000020 IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA = 0x00000040 IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA = 0x00000080 IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE = 0x20000000 IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ = 0x40000000 IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE = 0x80000000 IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE = 0x2000000 IMAGE_SCN_LNK_NRELOC_OVFL = 0x1000000 IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES = 0x600000 ) for _, sect := range x.f.Sections { if sect.VirtualAddress != 0 && sect.Size != 0 && sect.Characteristics&^IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES == IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE { return uint64(sect.VirtualAddress) + x.imageBase() } } return 0 } // machoExe is the Mach-O (Apple macOS/iOS) implementation of the exe interface. type machoExe struct { f *macho.File } func (x *machoExe) ReadData(addr, size uint64) ([]byte, error) { for _, load := range x.f.Loads { seg, ok := load.(*macho.Segment) if !ok { continue } if seg.Addr <= addr && addr <= seg.Addr+seg.Filesz-1 { if seg.Name == "__PAGEZERO" { continue } n := seg.Addr + seg.Filesz - addr if n > size { n = size } data := make([]byte, n) _, err := seg.ReadAt(data, int64(addr-seg.Addr)) if err != nil { return nil, err } return data, nil } } return nil, errUnrecognizedFormat } func (x *machoExe) DataStart() uint64 { // Look for section named "__go_buildinfo". for _, sec := range x.f.Sections { if sec.Name == "__go_buildinfo" { return sec.Addr } } // Try the first non-empty writable segment. const RW = 3 for _, load := range x.f.Loads { seg, ok := load.(*macho.Segment) if ok && seg.Addr != 0 && seg.Filesz != 0 && seg.Prot == RW && seg.Maxprot == RW { return seg.Addr } } return 0 } // xcoffExe is the XCOFF (AIX eXtended COFF) implementation of the exe interface. type xcoffExe struct { f *xcoff.File } func (x *xcoffExe) ReadData(addr, size uint64) ([]byte, error) { for _, sect := range x.f.Sections { if uint64(sect.VirtualAddress) <= addr && addr <= uint64(sect.VirtualAddress+sect.Size-1) { n := uint64(sect.VirtualAddress+sect.Size) - addr if n > size { n = size } data := make([]byte, n) _, err := sect.ReadAt(data, int64(addr-uint64(sect.VirtualAddress))) if err != nil { return nil, err } return data, nil } } return nil, fmt.Errorf("address not mapped") } func (x *xcoffExe) DataStart() uint64 { if s := x.f.SectionByType(xcoff.STYP_DATA); s != nil { return s.VirtualAddress } return 0 }