launchd, I'm coming for you

Force open sourcing launchd and libxpc, one binary at a time

Jonathan Levin, @Technologeeks, http://newosxbook.com/ - 10/07/15

Changelog:

About

Apple woke up one day with OS X 10.10, and decided to take launchd off the opensource lists. This is surprising, since launchd was one of the first projects to go on the Mac OS Forge, since its advent in 10.4. The last known source version seen in the wild is 842-92.1 for OS X 10.9.something, but as of 10.10 launchd's project affiliation is moved to (the closed source) libXPC, and its version number is renumbered:

# In 10.9:
morpheus@Ergo (~)$ what /sbin/launchd
/sbin/launchd
	PROGRAM:launchd   PROJECT:launchd-842.92.1
# In 10.10.4:
morpheus@Zephyr (~) what /sbin/launchd
/sbin/launchd
	PROGRAM:launchd  PROJECT:libxpc-559.20.9
	VERSION:Darwin Bootstrapper Version 2.0.2: Mon Mar  2 23:27:57 PST 2015; root:libxpc_executables-559.20.9~1/launchd/RELEASE_X86_64
# In iOS 9 (and also 10.11)
morpheus@Phontifex (~) what /sbin/launchd
/sbin/launchd
	PROGRAM:launchd  PROJECT:libxpc-756.1.1
	VERSION:Darwin Bootstrapper Version 3.0.0: Wed Aug  5 23:03:24 PDT 2015; root:libxpc_executables-756.1.1~3/launchd/RELEASE_ARM64

Similarly, launchctl(1), the interface utility, has been rewritten from scratch, made non-interactive (which is kind of a shame) and augmented with many more useful commands - primarily those that finally provide information on Mach ports. But, alas, where's the source??

The source

(download link)

I had to do a lot of extensive reversing for MOXiI 2, wherein I delve for the first time into Apple's private frameworks and user-mode daemons. launchd obviously fits into that important category - it already commanded chapter 7 of the first edition ("Alpha and Omega") - but that was before the rewrite. Add to that a gaping hole in MOXiI's 1's coverage - which barely touched on XPC (as it was just out and my (former) publisher wouldn't let me write about deep internals). Top that off with the arrogant (but funny :) rascal actively challenging me on Twitter* and @bruienne reminding me of my commitment to expose it.

So what I decided to share with the world for now is not launchd itself - that will wait for MOXiI 2's release - but launchctl's source. launchctl is used quite a bit in Jailbreaks to communicate with launchd(8) and ensure Daemons continue normal system startup after the jailbreak occurs. Apple knows that, and has in fact relocated the utility to the RAM Disk as of 9.0 (which obviously still doesn't work, since Pangu9 uses it). With this, you won't need the real launchctl, as this works exactly the same. Additionally, I'm releasing the source clearly with the intent people use it. Feel free to build/integrate in your own code.

As with the original, launjctl provides help.

Usage: launjctl  ... | help [subcommand]
	kill            Sends a signal to the service instance.
	blame           Prints the reason a service is running.
	print           Prints a description of a domain or service.
	print-cache     Prints information about the service cache.
	print-disabled  Prints a description of a domain or service.
	procinfo        Prints port information about a process.
	hostinfo        Prints port information about the host.
	limit           Reads or modifies launchd's resource limits.
	runstats        Prints performance statistics for a service.
	examine         Runs the specified analysis tool against launchd in a non-reentrant manner.
	dumpstate       Dumps launchd state to stdout (iOS 9 only)
	list            Lists information about services.
	start           Starts the specified service.
	stop            Starts the specified service.
	asuser          Execute a program in the bootstrap context of a given user.
	submit          Submit a basic job from the command line.
	error           Prints a description of an error.
	version         Prints the launchd version.
	variant         Prints the launchd variant.
# On iOS, these two commands are visible
	dumpjpcategory   Dumps the jetsam properties category for all services.
	lookup          Lookup Mach/XPC endpoint by name (new command, for iOS).
	help            Prints the usage for a given subcommand.

This is the 64-bit version of launjctl

That "64-bit" or "32-bit" is just for my own purposes, since I recently updated the code to work well with 32-bit as well. I've packaged a (really) fat binary, so you can use arch to take your pick as to which architecture to run.

Compiling & Running

Normally I do a full writeup, wherein I explain the process of reversing. I'm skipping it this time in favor of just providing the source, for your compilation pleasure, and leaving the XPC internals, etc for the book. The source I've provided will compile neatly (-Wall) on both OS X and iOS, and you can find a fat binary for all architectures in the source bundle as well (The iOS version is obviously more useful than the OS X one, for purposes of jailbreaking/reverse engineering).

Do note - It's NOT the full source of launchctl, but only of the interesting commands - primarily the procinfo, list, and such. I was also quite lazy here, and didn't implement the launchctl convention of a "full path" to a service (e.g. system/com.apple.kextd or user/501/something...). Instead, you can pass uid=.. as an environment variable. For example:

# Default: Print for system (user 0). This does the same as  launchctl print-disabled system
Zephyr:~ morpheus$ ~/Documents/shared/10.11/launchd/launjctl print-disabled
disabled services = {
        "com.apple.AEServer" => true
        "com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent" => true
        "com.apple.usbmuxd" => false
        "com.apple.rpmuxd" => false
        "com.apple.ftpd" => true
        "com.apple.mrt" => false
        "com.apple.stackshot" => false
        "com.apple.dynamic_pager" => false
        "org.ntp.ntpd" => false
        "com.apple.pacemaker" => true
}
# This does the same as  launchctl print-disabled user/501
Zephyr:~ morpheus$ uid=501 ~/Documents/shared/10.11/launchd/launjctl print-disabled
disabled services = {
        "com.apple.TMHelperAgent.SetupOffer" => false
        "com.apple.FileStatsAgent" => true
}
login item associations = {
}
# uid= is required when looking for a per-user service:
Zephyr:~ morpheus$ launjctl print com.apple.tccd
Error:  113 - Could not find specified service
Zephyr:~ morpheus$ uid=501 ./launjctl print com.apple.tccd
com.apple.tccd = {
	active count = 2
	path = /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.tccd.plist
	...
	...

Likewise try uid=501 launjctl print and launjctl print (implicitly does the same as launchctl print system), and remember uid=... when printing a per-user service, as without it you will get error 113. While I was at it, I added a simple command - lookup - which will enable you to see if a Mach port is reachable or not (by name). Super useful for iOS. If a port isn't reachable, expect error 3.

If you read the source..

You'll see that I have #if 0 blocks showing the Mach messages used in each of the launchctl requests. You are encouraged to get to them yourself, and it's quite easy to reproduce:

Note that most methods actually require you to pass a file descriptor (via file ports) to launchd. This is clever, but sucks, because it means there's no easy way (convoluted popen() notwithstanding) to get the data in a machine-friendly format which can be digested programmatically.

Update: I added a small XPC snooping library in the snoop/ directory inside the tar. Super simple, and really nothing fancy - the ages-old DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES trick, etc. But useful, since it uses xpc_copy_description() to dump XPC messages aplenty. Fascinating stuff. Expect more - much more - when I get to the XPC explication in MOXiI 2.

Speaking of MOXiI 2..

Both launchd and libxpc would benefit from more transparency - you know, just in case there is a certain 0-day vulnerability (or two three) in the implementation of XPC. The 2nd edition of MOXiI will therefore have a lot more than this. launchd now has a dedicated chapter (I'm kicking SpringBoard and WindowServer to their own chapter), and XPC is covered in depth likewise in a chapter.

Update: And I'm glad to say I have libxpc.dylib fully reversed :-) Anyone interested in OpenXPC? ;-)

Yes, I know I promised MOXiI will see print by October/November. I'm sort of on track, but as with Parkinson's law, there's always more and more to detail and explain - especially with the many under-the-hood changes AAPL put into iOS 9/10.11. I'm also now in "Android Mode", with Marshamllow FINALLY out, and the second volume of Android Internals due very soon. And I have real life to try and squeeze in every now and then. But once AIvII is out of the picture, MOXiI will once again command my full undivided attention. Stay tuned, (still aiming by end of year) and I promise you the wait will be over soon enough - and it will have been worth it.

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Comments/Feedback

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Greets

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* - Actually, that's a lot of fun :-) I think AAPL should promote TWTR for all its daemons, especially amfid (whose day in the sun is coming, rest assured).





















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Oh, and.. one more thing:

@launchderp, just to show you I mean business - here's a verbatim jtool --html -d launchd output. True, it's with a companion file, and a tad buggy still - but strip away the comments and what you get is jtool at its (almost finest) on ARM64, dissecting your incarnation on iOS 9:

Disassembling from file offset 0x4f8c, Address 0x100004f8c  to next function
_main:
//
// //
100004f8c STP X22, X21, [SP,#-48]! 100004f90 STP X20, X19, [SP,#16] 100004f94 STP X29, X30, [SP,#32] 100004f98 ADD X29, SP, #32 ; R29 = SP + 0x20 100004f9c SUB X31, X31, #224 //
// Set _os_crash_callback to my_crash_callback //
100004fa0 NOP 100004fa4 LDR X8, #52277; libSystem.B.dylib::__os_crash_callback 100004fa8 ADR x9, -40; ; ->R9 = 0x100004f80 ; _my_crash_callback 100004fac NOP 100004fb0 STR X9, [X8, #0]; *libSystem.B.dylib::__os_crash_callback= X9 0x100004f80 100004fb4 ORR W0, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R0 = 0x1 //
// if isatty(stdout_fileno) { /* launchd cannot be run directly */ }:: //
100004fb8 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_isatty ; ; 0x10002b334 100004fbc CBNZ X0, launchd_cannot_be_run_directly ; ; 0x100005330 //
// panic_init(mach_host_self()); //
100004fc0 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_mach_host_self ; ; 0x10002b3a0 100004fc4 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_panic_init ; ; 0x10002b514 //
// dispatch_queue_attr_t attr = dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class(0,qos_class_main(),0); //
100004fc8 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_qos_class_main ; ; 0x10002b634 100004fcc *MOV X1, X0 100004fd0 MOVZ W2, #0; ; ->R2 = 0x0 100004fd4 MOVZ X0, #0; ; ->R0 = 0x0 100004fd8 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class ; ; 0x10002b004 //
// dispatch_queue_t g_event_queue = dispatch_queue_create("com.apple.xpc.launchd.eventq",attr); //
100004fdc *MOV X1, X0 100004fe0 ADR x0, 164572; ; ->R0 = 0x10002d2bc "com.apple.xpc.launchd.eventq" 100004fe4 NOP 100004fe8 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_dispatch_queue_create ; ; 0x10002b010 ; R0 = libSystem.B.dylib::_dispatch_queue_create("com.apple.xpc.launchd.eventq",0); ; 100004fec ADRP x20, 57; ; ->R20 = 0x10003d000 100004ff0 STR X0, [X20, #136]; ; *(g_event_queue)= X0 0x10002d2bc //
// dispatch_suspend(g_event_queue); //
100004ff4 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_dispatch_suspend ; ; 0x10002b0f4 //
// dup_fd_to_dev_null(stdin_fileno, stdin_fileno);:: //
100004ff8 MOVZ W0, #0; ; ->R0 = 0x0 100004ffc MOVZ W1, #0; ; ->R1 = 0x0 100005000 BL _dup_fd_to_dev_null ; ; 0x1000053a4 //
// dup_fd_to_dev_null(stdout_fileno, stdout_fileno);:: //
100005004 ORR W0, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R0 = 0x1 100005008 ORR W1, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R1 = 0x1 10000500c BL _dup_fd_to_dev_null ; ; 0x1000053a4 //
// dup_fd_to_dev_null(stderr_fileno, stderr_fileno);:: //
100005010 ORR W0, WZR, #0x2; ; ->R0 = 0x2 100005014 ORR W1, WZR, #0x2; ; ->R1 = 0x2 100005018 BL _dup_fd_to_dev_null ; ; 0x1000053a4 //
// handle_embedded_bs_plist(); //
10000501c BL _handle_bs_plist ; ; 0x100029d00 //
// install_signal_handlers(); //
100005020 BL _installs_signal_handlers ; ; 0x1000244c0 //
// memorystatus_control(MEMORYSTATUS_CMD_SET_JETSAM_TASK_LIMIT, getpid()..., flags, buffer, buffersize):: //
100005024 ADR x8, 227421; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c881 ; g_UseGuardMalloc 100005028 NOP 10000502c LDRB W8, [X8] 100005030 CBZ X8, 0x100005044 ; 0x100005044 100005034 ADR x8, 226404; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c498 ; default_HighWaterMark 100005038 NOP 10000503c MOVN X9, #0; ; ->R9 = 0xffffffffffffffff 100005040 STR W9, [X8, #0]; ; *(default_HighWaterMark )= X9 0xffffffffffffffff 100005044 MOVZ W19, #1, LSL #16; ; ->R19 = 0x10000 100005048 MOVK X19, #3; ; R19 += 3 =.. 0x10003 10000504c BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getpid ; ; 0x10002b28c 100005050 *MOV X1, X0 100005054 ADR x21, 226372; ; ->R21 = 0x10003c498 ; default_HighWaterMark 100005058 NOP 10000505c LDR W2, [X21, #0]; R2 = *(R21 + 0) = *(0x10003c498 + 0x0) = *(0x10003c498) = default_HighWaterMark 100005060 ORR W0, WZR, #0x6; ; ->R0 = 0x6 100005064 MOVZ X3, #0; ; ->R3 = 0x0 100005068 MOVZ X4, #0; ; ->R4 = 0x0 10000506c BL libSystem.B.dylib::_memorystatus_control ; ; 0x10002b490 ; R0 = libSystem.B.dylib::_memorystatus_control(6,2,default_HighWaterMark ,NULL,0); ; 100005070 CMN W0, #1 100005074 B.NE opted_in ; ; 0x1000050b0 100005078 LDR W21, [X21, #0]; R21 = *(R21 + 0) = *(0x10003c498 + 0x0) = *(0x10003c498) = default_HighWaterMark 10000507c BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005080 LDR W22, [X0, #0]; R22 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x6 + 0x0) = *(0x6) = feedfacf! 100005084 BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005088 LDR W0, [X0, #0]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x6 + 0x0) = *(0x6) = feedfacf! 10000508c BL libSystem.B.dylib::_strerror ; ; 0x10002b778 100005090 STP X22, X0, [SP,#8] 100005094 STR X21, [SP, #0]; ; *(SP + 0x0) = default_HighWaterMark 100005098 ADR x2, 164427; ; ->R2 = 0x10002d2e3 "Could not opt into %d MB Jetsam high watermark: %d: %s" 10000509c NOP 1000050a0 MOVZ W1, #1, LSL #16; ; ->R1 = 0x10000 1000050a4 MOVK X1, #3; ; R1 += 3 =.. 0x10003 1000050a8 MOVZ X0, #0; ; ->R0 = 0x0 1000050ac BL log ; ; 0x1000253b4 opted_in: //
// : //
1000050b0 ADR x21, 225960; ; ->R21 = 0x10003c358 ; output_fd 1000050b4 NOP 1000050b8 LDR X0, [X21, #0]; R0 = *(R21 + 0) = *(0x10003c358 + 0x0) = *(0x10003c358) = output_fd 1000050bc NOP 1000050c0 LDR X8, #55202; "Darwin Bootstrapper Version 3.0.0: Wed Aug 5 23:03:24 PDT 2015; root:libxpc_executables-756.1.1~3/launchd/RELEASE_ARM64" 1000050c4 STR X8, [SP, #0]; ; *(SP + 0x0) = "Darwin Bootstrapper Version 3.0.0: Wed Aug 5 23:03:24 PDT 2015; root:libxpc_executables-756.1.1~3/launchd/RELEASE_ARM64" 1000050c8 ADR x2, 164067; ; ->R2 = 0x10002d1ab "%s" 1000050cc NOP 1000050d0 MOVZ X1, #0; ; ->R1 = 0x0 1000050d4 BL to_fd ; ; 0x1000259f8 //
// get and log the boot arguments //
1000050d8 STUR X31, X29, #-40 ; *0x20= X31 0x0 1000050dc ADR x0, 164414; ; ->R0 = 0x10002d31a "kern.bootargs" 1000050e0 NOP 1000050e4 SUB X1, X29, #40 1000050e8 BL _wraps_sysctl ; ; 0x100024ad4 1000050ec CBZ X0, 0x10000510c ; 0x10000510c 1000050f0 LDR X0, [X21, #0]; R0 = *(R21 + 0) = *(0x10003c358 + 0x0) = *(0x10003c358) = output_fd 1000050f4 LDUR X8, X29, #-40 ; *0x20= X8 1000050f8 STR X8, [SP, #0]; ; *(SP + 0x0) = 1000050fc ADR x2, 164396; ; ->R2 = 0x10002d328 "boot-args = %s" 100005100 NOP 100005104 MOVZ X1, #0; ; ->R1 = 0x0 100005108 BL to_fd ; ; 0x1000259f8 10000510c LDUR X0, X29, #-40 ; *0x20= X0 output_fd 100005110 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_free ; ; 0x10002b1d8 //
// proc_disable_wakemon(getpid()); /* getpid() is kind of redundant because we're PID 1 :-) */ //
100005114 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getpid ; ; 0x10002b28c 100005118 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_proc_disable_wakemon ; ; 0x10002b5ec 10000511c CMN W0, #1 100005120 B.EQ cant_disable_wakemon ; ; 0x10000535c //
// if in restore environment (10003c879) //
100005124 ADR x8, 227157; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c879 ; RestoreEnvironment 100005128 NOP 10000512c LDRB W8, [X8] 100005130 CBZ X8, after_restore_environment_message ; ; 0x100005158 //
// *(g_LogToConsole) = 1; //
100005134 ADR x8, 227166; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c892 ; g_LogToConsole 100005138 NOP 10000513c ORR W9, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R9 = 0x1 100005140 STRB W9, [X8]; ; *(g_LogToConsole)= X9 0x1 100005144 ADD W1, W19, #2; ; __R1 = R19 (0x10003) + 0x2 = 0x10005 100005148 MOVZ X0, #0; ; ->R0 = 0x0 10000514c ADR x2, 164331; ; ->R2 = 0x10002d337 "Restore environment starting." 100005150 NOP 100005154 BL log ; ; 0x1000253b4 after_restore_environment_message: 100005158 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_setsid ; ; 0x10002b6d0 10000515c CMN W0, #1 100005160 B.NE 0x100005190 ; 0x100005190 100005164 ADR x8, 227106; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c886 100005168 NOP 10000516c LDRB W8, [X8] 100005170 CBZ X8, 0x100005184 ; 0x100005184 100005174 BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005178 LDR W8, [X0, #0]; R8 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x0 + 0x0) = *(0x0) = ??? 10000517c CMP W8, #1 100005180 B.EQ 0x100005190 ; 0x100005190 100005184 BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005188 LDRSW X0, [X0]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x0 + 0x0) = *(0x0) = ??? 10000518c CBNZ X0, error ; ; 0x100005398 //
// chdir("/"); //
100005190 ADR x0, 163450; ; ->R0 = 0x10002d00a "/" 100005194 NOP 100005198 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_chdir ; ; 0x10002ae78 10000519c CMN W0, #1 1000051a0 B.EQ cant_chdir_to_/ ; ; 0x100005370 //
// setlogin("root"); //
1000051a4 ADR x0, 164273; ; ->R0 = 0x10002d355 "root" 1000051a8 NOP 1000051ac BL libSystem.B.dylib::_setlogin ; ; 0x10002b6b8 1000051b0 CMN W0, #1 1000051b4 B.EQ cant_setlogin_to_root ; ; 0x100005384 //
// for (s = 0; s < 21; s++) { signal(signal_num_table[s], SIG_IGN); }; //
1000051b8 MOVZ X19, #0; ; ->R19 = 0x0 1000051bc ADR x21, 162348; ; ->R21 = 0x10002cbe8 ; signal_num_table 1000051c0 NOP signal_handler_loop: 1000051c4 -LDR W0, [X21, X19 ...]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x10002d355 + 0x0) = *(0x10002d355) = 746f6f72! 1000051c8 ORR W1, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R1 = 0x1 1000051cc BL libSystem.B.dylib::_signal ; ; 0x10002b700 1000051d0 CMN X0, #1 1000051d4 B.NE 0x1000051e8 ; 0x1000051e8 1000051d8 BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 1000051dc LDRSW X0, [X0]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x746f6f72 + 0x0) = *(0x746f6f72) = facf! 1000051e0 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_assumes_log ; ; 0x10002ad94 1000051e4 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_avoid_tail_call ; ; 0x10002adac 1000051e8 ADD X19, X19, #4; ; __R19 = R19 (0x0) + 0x4 = 0x4 1000051ec CMP X19, #84 1000051f0 B.NE signal_handler_loop ; ; 0x1000051c4 //
// task_set_special_port(mach_task_self(), TASK_BOOTSTRAP_PORT, MACH_PORT_NULL); //
1000051f4 NOP 1000051f8 LDR X21, #52172; libSystem.B.dylib::_mach_task_self_ 1000051fc LDR W0, [X21, #0]; R0 = *(libSystem.B.dylib::_mach_task_self_) 100005200 ORR W1, WZR, #0x4; ; ->R1 = 0x4 100005204 MOVZ W2, #0; ; ->R2 = 0x0 100005208 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_task_set_special_port ; ; 0x10002b880 10000520c CBNZ X0, couldnt_neuter_bootstrap_port ; ; 0x1000052f8 //
// bootstrap_port = MACH_PORT_NULL //
100005210 NOP 100005214 LDR X8, #52151; libSystem.B.dylib::_bootstrap_port 100005218 STR WZR, [X8, #0]; *libSystem.B.dylib::_bootstrap_port= X31 0x0 //
// constructed_port = mach_port_construct_wrapper(51, 0, 0x70507); //
10000521c MOVZ W0, #51; ; ->R0 = 0x33 100005220 MOVN X1, #0; ; ->R1 = 0xffffffffffffffff 100005224 MOVZ W2, #7, LSL #16; ; ->R2 = 0x70000 100005228 MOVK X2, #1287; ; R2 += 507 =.. 0x70507 10000522c BL _mach_port_construct_wrapper ; ; 0x10000138c //
// mach_ports_register (mach_task_self, &constructed_port, 1); //
100005230 *MOV X19, X0 100005234 STR W19, [SP, #24]; *(SP + 0x18) = 0x33 100005238 LDR W0, [X21, #0]; R0 = *(libSystem.B.dylib::_bootstrap_port) 10000523c ORR W2, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R2 = 0x1 100005240 ADD X1, SP, #24; ; R1 = SP + 0x18 100005244 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_mach_ports_register ; ; 0x10002b448 100005248 CBNZ X0, couldnt_setup_inheritance ; ; 0x100005318 10000524c ADR x8, 226804; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c840 ; g_constructed_port 100005250 NOP 100005254 STR W19, [X8, #0]; ; *(g_constructed_port)= X19 0x33 100005258 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_mach_absolute_time ; ; 0x10002b394 10000525c ADRP x8, 55; ; ->R8 = 0x10003c000 100005260 STR X0, [X8, #2048]; ; *(startup_timestamp)= X0 0x33 //
// uuid_generate(&g_uuid); //
100005264 ADR x0, 226876; ; ->R0 = 0x10003c8a0 ; g_uuid 100005268 NOP 10000526c BL libSystem.B.dylib::_uuid_generate ; ; 0x10002b8d4 //
// g_my_uid = getuid(); //
100005270 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getuid ; ; 0x10002b2e0 ; R0 = libSystem.B.dylib::_getuid(); ; 100005274 ADR x19, 226876; ; ->R19 = 0x10003c8b0 ; g_my_uid 100005278 NOP 10000527c STR W0, [X19, #0]; ; *(g_my_uid)= X0 0x10003c8a0 //
// g_my_euid = geteuid(); //
100005280 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_geteuid ; ; 0x10002b280 100005284 STR W0, [X19, #4]; ; *(g_my_euid)= X0 0x10003c8a0 //
// g_my_egid = getegid(); //
100005288 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getegid ; ; 0x10002b268 10000528c STR W0, [X19, #8]; ; *(g_my_egid)= X0 0x10003c8a0 //
// g_my_euid_2_unused = geteuid(); //
100005290 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_geteuid ; ; 0x10002b280 //
// g_my_egid_2_unused = getegid(); //
100005294 STR W0, [X19, #12]; ; *(g_my_euid_2_unused)= X0 0x10003c8a0 100005298 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getegid ; ; 0x10002b268 10000529c STR W0, [X19, #16]; ; *(g_my_egid_2_unused)= X0 0x10003c8a0 //
// g_my_pid = getpid(); //
1000052a0 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getpid ; ; 0x10002b28c 1000052a4 STR W0, [X19, #20]; ; *(g_my_pid)= X0 0x10003c8a0 1000052a8 BL _on_OSX_this_wraps_audit_but_on_iOS_no_audit_so_nothing ; ; 0x100024c14 1000052ac STP W0, WZR, [X19,#24] 1000052b0 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getpid ; ; 0x10002b28c 1000052b4 ADD X1, SP, #24; R1 = SP + 0x18 1000052b8 BL _proc_pidinfo_PROC_PIDT_BSDINFOWITHUNIQID ; ; 0x100024a0c 1000052bc CBZ X0, 0x1000052c8 ; 0x1000052c8 1000052c0 CMP W0, #45 1000052c4 B.NE couldnt_get_unique_pid ; ; 0x100005324 1000052c8 LDR X8, [X31, #176]; R8 = *(R31 + 176) = *(0x0 + 0xb0) = *(0xb0) = 100000cfeedfacf! 1000052cc ADRP x9, 55; ; ->R9 = 0x10003c000 1000052d0 STR X8, [X9, #2056]; *0x10003c808= X8 (?) 1000052d4 BL _sets_up_ipc_log_if_LogIPC ; ; 0x100027b28 1000052d8 BL _sets_up_dispatch_queues_and_xpcd_cache ; ; 0x1000017c4 // The interesting part - setting up the XPC subsystems.. 1000052dc BL sets_up_subsystem_4 ; 0x100023234 1000052e0 BL _sets_up_subsystems_2_6_and_8 ; ; 0x1000079d4 1000052e4 BL _sets_up_subsystems_3_5_7 ; ; 0x100015f18 1000052e8 BL _kern_osversion_and_other_sysctls ; ; 0x100026230 //
// dispatch_resume(g_event_queue); //
1000052ec LDR X0, [X20, #136]; R0 = *(R20 + 136) = *(0x10003d000 + 0x88) = *(0x10003d088) = g_event_queue 1000052f0 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_dispatch_resume ; ; 0x10002b034 //
// dispatch_main(); //
1000052f4 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_dispatch_main ; ; 0x10002afec couldnt_neuter_bootstrap_port: //
// dispatch_main() (hopefully) never returns. Just error cases from here //
1000052f8 STR X0, [SP, #0]; ; *(SP + 0x0) = g_event_queue 1000052fc ADR x2, 163968; ; ->R2 = 0x10002d37c "Could not neuter bootstrap port: 0x%x" 100005300 NOP 100005304 ORR W1, WZR, #0x0; ; ->R1 = 0x0 100005308 MOVZ X0, #0; ; ->R0 = 0x0 10000530c BL log ; ; 0x1000253b4 100005310 ORR W0, WZR, #0x1; ; ->R0 = 0x1 100005314 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_exit ; ; 0x10002b160 ; libSystem.B.dylib::_exit(1); ; couldnt_setup_inheritance: 100005318 ADR x0, 163978; ; ->R0 = 0x10002d3a2 "could not set up inheritance port" 10000531c NOP 100005320 BL _wraps_reboot_via_syscall_55 ; ; 0x100024740 couldnt_get_unique_pid: 100005324 ADR x0, 163894; ; ->R0 = 0x10002d35a "could not get unique pid" 100005328 NOP 10000532c BL _wraps_reboot_via_syscall_55 ; ; 0x100024740 launchd_cannot_be_run_directly: //
// : //
100005330 NOP 100005334 LDR X8, #52027; libSystem.B.dylib::___stdoutp 100005338 LDR X19, [X8, #0]; R19 = *(libSystem.B.dylib::___stdoutp) 10000533c BL libSystem.B.dylib::_getprogname ; ; 0x10002b298 100005340 STR X0, [SP, #0]; ; *(SP + 0x0) = 0x10002d35a 100005344 ADR x1, 163676; ; ->R1 = 0x10002d2a0 "%s cannot be run directly. " 100005348 NOP 10000534c *MOV X0, X19 100005350 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_fprintf ; ; 0x10002b1c0 ; libSystem.B.dylib::_fprintf(0x10003c8b0,"%s cannot be run directly.\r"); ; 100005354 MOVZ W0, #78; ; ->R0 = 0x4e 100005358 BL libSystem.B.dylib::_exit ; ; 0x10002b160 ; libSystem.B.dylib::_exit(78); ; cant_disable_wakemon: 10000535c BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005360 LDRSW X0, [X0]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0x4e + 0x0) = *(0x4e) = facf! 100005364 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_assert_log ; ; 0x10002ad88 100005368 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_crash ; ; 0x10002adb8 10000536c BRK #1 ; 0x0 cant_chdir_to_/: 100005370 BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005374 LDRSW X0, [X0]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0xfacf + 0x0) = *(0xfacf) = facf! 100005378 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_assert_log ; ; 0x10002ad88 10000537c BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_crash ; ; 0x10002adb8 100005380 BRK #1 ; 0x0 cant_setlogin_to_root: 100005384 BL libSystem.B.dylib::___error ; ; 0x10002ad34 100005388 LDRSW X0, [X0]; R0 = *(R0 + 0) = *(0xfacf + 0x0) = *(0xfacf) = facf! 10000538c BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_assert_log ; ; 0x10002ad88 100005390 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_crash ; ; 0x10002adb8 100005394 BRK #1 ; 0x0 error: 100005398 BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_assert_log ; ; 0x10002ad88 10000539c BL libSystem.B.dylib::__os_crash ; ; 0x10002adb8 1000053a0 BRK #1 ; 0x0 _dup_fd_to_dev_null:

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