Reputation: 3650
I've written a small program with the intention of using it to generate a SIGSEGV
signal, which I'll catch with a handler and then print out.
The program I wrote works fine (or so it seems) on Linux. However, when compiled and executed on macOS 10.11.6, it fails to generate a SIGSEGV
, but instead generates a Bus error: 10
.
When researching whether or not others had encountered this error, I came across the following SO Post:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/18829327/1883304
Sadly, while I did switch from using posix_memalign
to mmap
, I am still getting a bus error. I'm unable to find related questions that can help besides this one.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
/*
*******************************************************************************
* Global Variables *
*******************************************************************************
*/
// Page size.
int pagesize;
// Pointer to allocated memory page.
void *page;
/*
*******************************************************************************
* Signal Handlers *
*******************************************************************************
*/
// Handler: Invalid memory reference.
void handler_sigseg (int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ignore) {
// Mask SIGSEGV.
if (sig != SIGSEGV) {
return;
}
// Output siginfo fields.
printf("si_signo = %d\n", si->si_signo);
printf("si_code = %d\n", si->si_code);
printf("si_value.sival_int = %d\n", si->si_value.sival_int);
printf("si_errno = %d\n", si->si_errno);
printf("si_pid = %d\n", si->si_pid);
printf("si_uid = %d\n", si->si_uid);
printf("si_statis = %d\n", si->si_status);
// Grant writing protection.
if (mprotect(page, pagesize, PROT_WRITE) == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Attempt to set memory access perms failed!\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
return;
}
/*
*******************************************************************************
* Main Routine *
*******************************************************************************
*/
int main (void) {
/*
***************************************************************************
* Memory Setup *
***************************************************************************
*/
// Set page size.
pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
printf("pagesize = %d\n", pagesize);
// Allocate memory page, created at nearby page boundary.
if ((page = mmap(NULL, pagesize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0)) == MAP_FAILED) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: mmap allocation failed!\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Zero out memory block.
memset(page, 0, pagesize);
// Set protections.
if (mprotect(page, pagesize, PROT_READ) == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Attempt to set memory access perms failed!\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/*
***************************************************************************
* Signal Setup *
***************************************************************************
*/
// Setup signal handler.
struct sigaction segHandler;
// Configure args.
segHandler.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
// Reset signal-mask.
sigemptyset(&segHandler.sa_mask);
// Setup handler routine.
segHandler.sa_sigaction = handler_sigseg;
// Setup signals to be intercepted.
sigaction(SIGSEGV, &segHandler, NULL);
// Test the signal handler.
printf("Poking protected memory...\n");
char *p = (char *)page;
*p = 0;
return 0;
}
So in conclusion, could someone please inform me on the latest proper way to reserve memory such that I may raise a SIGSEGV
on macOS?
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