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Dean 26d1065e25 Merge pull request #8803 from AMRYB/fix/self-overlapping-load-regions
fix(tools): preserve load ownership when unwrapping SELF
2026-10-21 21:32:12 +13:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""unwrap_self -- turn a decrypted SELF or fSELF container into a clean ELF.
The relinker reads a plain ELF executable and skips SELF containers with a warning,
so an eboot.bin or a *.prx taken from a title has to be unwrapped first. Two things
differ inside a container:
- The inner ELF program headers carry stale offsets. A SELF inserts its own
metadata blocks between the segments, so the segment data sits at the offsets
listed in the SELF segment-record table at file offset 0x40, records of 0x20
bytes holding flags, data offset, size and the size again. A record with flag
0x800 holds the data of the program header whose index is in flags bits 20
and up. Segments the table does not cover are placed by the vaddr to file
mapping of the PT_LOAD that contains them. Segments without a vaddr that
follow the last recorded one in the ELF are stored right after it, back to
back in ELF order, except a PT_NOTE, which the container leaves out and which
is emitted without file bytes. Some dumps end right after the recorded ones
and leave out the version segment as well, so one that would run past the
end of the file is emitted without file bytes too. Other segments without a
vaddr carry the shift of the last placed one.
- The segments are packed without honouring p_align, while ELF requires
p_offset % p_align == p_vaddr % p_align. Every region is copied to an offset
that satisfies it, which the relinker enforces on guest modules.
Only decrypted containers are handled. A container whose load segments all look
encrypted is refused instead of copied: the entropy of each load segment is
measured and a run of segments near eight bits per byte is reported.
usage: unwrap_self.py <input.self> <output.elf> [--verbose]
"""
import argparse
import math
import struct
import sys
from collections import Counter
from pathlib import Path
SELF_MAGIC = 0x1D3D154F
SELF_MAGIC_KERNEL = 0xEEF51454
RECORD_OFFSET = 0x40
RECORD_SIZE = 0x20
RECORD_HAS_SEGMENT = 0x800
RECORD_SEGMENT_SHIFT = 20
FIRST_REGION = 0x400
MAX_EMPTY_LOAD_PADDING = 64 * 1024 * 1024
PT_LOAD = 1
PT_NOTE = 4
ENTROPY_LIMIT = 7.5
ENTROPY_SAMPLE = 0x10000
PHDR_NAMES = {
PT_LOAD: "PT_LOAD",
2: "PT_DYNAMIC",
3: "PT_INTERP",
4: "PT_NOTE",
6: "PT_PHDR",
7: "PT_TLS",
0x6474E550: "PT_GNU_EH_FRAME",
0x6474E551: "PT_GNU_STACK",
0x6474E552: "PT_GNU_RELRO",
0x61000000: "PT_SCE_DYNLIBDATA",
0x61000001: "PT_OS_PROCPARAM",
0x61000002: "PT_OS_0x61000002",
0x6FFFFF00: "PT_OS_0x6fffff00",
0x6FFFFF01: "PT_OS_0x6fffff01",
}
class Refused(Exception):
pass
def entropy(data):
if not data:
return 0.0
counts = Counter(data)
length = len(data)
return -sum((count / length) * math.log2(count / length) for count in counts.values())
def read_records(data):
records = []
offset = RECORD_OFFSET
while offset + RECORD_SIZE <= FIRST_REGION:
flags, segment, size, size_again = struct.unpack_from("<QQQQ", data, offset)
if size == 0 or size != size_again:
break
if segment >= len(data) or segment < 0x350 or segment % 0x10 != 0:
break
if size > len(data):
break
records.append((flags, segment, size))
offset += RECORD_SIZE
return records
def parse_elf(data):
inner = data.find(b"\x7fELF")
if inner < 0:
raise Refused("no inner ELF header")
if inner + 0x40 > len(data):
raise Refused("inner ELF header is truncated")
header = bytearray(data[inner:inner + 0x40])
if header[4] != 2 or header[5] != 1:
raise Refused("inner ELF is not 64-bit little-endian")
program_offset = struct.unpack_from("<Q", header, 0x20)[0]
entry_size = struct.unpack_from("<H", header, 0x36)[0]
count = struct.unpack_from("<H", header, 0x38)[0]
if entry_size != 56 or count == 0:
raise Refused("program header table is %d entries of %d bytes" % (count, entry_size))
if inner + program_offset + count * entry_size > len(data):
raise Refused("ELF program header table does not fit the file")
headers = []
for index in range(count):
offset = inner + program_offset + index * 56
kind, flags, file_offset, vaddr, _, file_size, memory_size, alignment = struct.unpack_from(
"<IIQQQQQQ", data, offset)
if kind == PT_LOAD:
if file_size > memory_size:
raise Refused("segment %d file size exceeds memory size" % index)
if alignment and alignment & (alignment - 1):
raise Refused("segment %d alignment is not a power of two" % index)
if memory_size > (1 << 64) - vaddr:
raise Refused("segment %d memory range exceeds ELF64" % index)
headers.append({
"index": index, "type": kind, "flags": flags, "offset": file_offset,
"vaddr": vaddr, "size": file_size, "memory": memory_size,
"align": alignment, "source": file_offset, "host": None,
})
return inner, header, headers
def place_segments(data, headers, records):
loads = [header for header in headers if header["type"] == PT_LOAD]
used = set()
placed = set()
for index, (flags, segment, size) in enumerate(records):
target = flags >> RECORD_SEGMENT_SHIFT
if flags & RECORD_HAS_SEGMENT and target < len(headers) and target not in placed and headers[target]["size"] == size:
headers[target]["source"] = segment
placed.add(target)
used.add(index)
recorded = [header for header in headers if header["index"] in placed and header["vaddr"] == 0 and header["type"] != PT_LOAD]
if recorded:
last = max(recorded, key=lambda header: header["offset"])
cursor = last["source"] + last["size"]
trailing = [header for header in headers if header["index"] not in placed and header["vaddr"] == 0
and header["type"] != PT_LOAD and header["size"] and header["offset"] > last["offset"]]
for header in sorted(trailing, key=lambda header: header["offset"]):
placed.add(header["index"])
if header["type"] == PT_NOTE:
header["source"] = 0
header["size"] = 0
continue
header["source"] = cursor
cursor += header["size"]
if cursor > len(data):
header["source"] = 0
header["size"] = 0
for header in loads:
if header["size"] == 0 or header["index"] in placed:
continue
for index, (_, segment, size) in enumerate(records):
if index in used:
continue
if size == header["size"]:
used.add(index)
header["source"] = segment
break
def load_for(vaddr, size):
found = None
for header in loads:
end = header["vaddr"] + header["memory"]
if header["memory"] and header["vaddr"] <= vaddr and (vaddr < end or (size == 0 and vaddr == end)):
found = header
return found
tail = None
for header in headers:
if header["type"] == PT_LOAD:
continue
if header["index"] in placed:
if header["size"] and (tail is None or header["offset"] > tail[0]):
tail = (header["offset"], header["source"] - header["offset"])
continue
if header["vaddr"] != 0:
host = load_for(header["vaddr"], header["size"])
if host is None:
if header["size"] == 0:
header["source"] = 0
continue
raise Refused("segment %d vaddr %#x is in no PT_LOAD" % (header["index"], header["vaddr"]))
offset = header["vaddr"] - host["vaddr"]
if header["size"] and (offset > host["size"] or header["size"] > host["size"] - offset):
raise Refused("segment %d does not fit the file-backed range of PT_LOAD %d"
% (header["index"], host["index"]))
if host["size"] == 0 or offset > host["size"]:
header["source"] = 0
continue
header["host"] = host
header["source"] = host["source"] + offset
if tail is None or header["offset"] > tail[0]:
tail = (header["offset"], header["source"] - header["offset"])
elif header["size"]:
header["source"] = header["offset"] + (tail[1] if tail else 0)
if header["source"] > len(data):
header["source"] = len(data)
keep = max(0, len(data) - header["source"])
header["size"] = min(header["size"], keep)
header["memory"] = min(header["memory"], keep)
for header in headers:
if header["type"] == PT_LOAD and header["size"] == 0:
continue
if header["source"] > len(data) or header["size"] > len(data) - header["source"]:
raise Refused("segment %d does not fit the file" % header["index"])
def check_decrypted(data, headers):
encrypted = []
for header in headers:
if header["type"] != PT_LOAD or header["size"] == 0:
continue
sample = data[header["source"]:header["source"] + min(header["size"], ENTROPY_SAMPLE)]
value = entropy(sample)
if value >= ENTROPY_LIMIT:
encrypted.append((header["index"], header["source"], value))
if encrypted and len(encrypted) == len([h for h in headers if h["type"] == PT_LOAD and h["size"]]):
listed = ", ".join("segment %d at %#x (%.2f bits per byte)" % item for item in encrypted)
raise Refused("every load segment looks encrypted: " + listed)
def unwrap(path, output, verbose=False):
source, destination = Path(path), Path(output)
if source.resolve() == destination.resolve() or (destination.exists() and source.samefile(destination)):
raise Refused("output aliases the input container")
data = bytes(source.read_bytes())
if len(data) < FIRST_REGION:
raise Refused("file is smaller than the SELF header area")
magic = struct.unpack_from("<I", data, 0)[0]
if magic not in (SELF_MAGIC, SELF_MAGIC_KERNEL):
raise Refused("not a SELF container (magic %#x)" % magic)
records = read_records(data)
inner, elf_header, headers = parse_elf(data)
place_segments(data, headers, records)
check_decrypted(data, headers)
regions = []
load_regions = {}
for header in headers:
if header["type"] == PT_LOAD and header["size"]:
region = {"old": header["source"], "size": header["size"],
"vaddr": header["vaddr"], "align": header["align"]}
regions.append(region)
load_regions[header["index"]] = region
def region_for(offset, size):
for region in regions:
if region["old"] <= offset and offset + size <= region["old"] + region["size"]:
return region
return None
for header in headers:
if header["type"] == PT_LOAD or header["size"] == 0:
continue
if region_for(header["source"], header["size"]) is None:
regions.append({"old": header["source"], "size": header["size"],
"vaddr": header["vaddr"], "align": header["align"]})
regions.sort(key=lambda region: region["old"])
program_offset = struct.unpack_from("<Q", elf_header, 0x20)[0]
cursor = max(FIRST_REGION, program_offset + len(headers) * 56)
for region in regions:
alignment = region["align"] if region["align"] and (region["align"] & (region["align"] - 1)) == 0 else 1
placed = cursor + (region["vaddr"] - cursor) % alignment
region["new"] = placed
cursor = placed + region["size"]
empty_end = cursor
for header in headers:
if header["type"] == PT_LOAD and header["size"] == 0:
empty_end = max(empty_end, header["vaddr"] % max(header["align"], 1))
if empty_end - cursor > MAX_EMPTY_LOAD_PADDING:
raise Refused("empty load alignment requires more than %d bytes of output padding" % MAX_EMPTY_LOAD_PADDING)
cursor = empty_end
result = bytearray(cursor)
for region in regions:
result[region["new"]:region["new"] + region["size"]] = data[region["old"]:region["old"] + region["size"]]
for header in headers:
if header["size"] == 0 and (header["type"] == PT_LOAD or header["source"] == 0):
header["new"] = header["vaddr"] % max(header["align"], 1) if header["type"] == PT_LOAD else 0
continue
host = header if header["type"] == PT_LOAD else header["host"]
region = load_regions.get(host["index"]) if host is not None else None
if region is None:
region = region_for(header["source"], header["size"])
header["new"] = header["source"] if region is None else region["new"] + (header["source"] - region["old"])
if header["new"] + header["size"] > len(result):
raise Refused("segment %d escaped the output" % header["index"])
result[0:0x40] = elf_header
struct.pack_into("<Q", result, 0x28, 0)
struct.pack_into("<H", result, 0x3C, 0)
struct.pack_into("<H", result, 0x3E, 0)
for item in headers:
struct.pack_into("<IIQQQQQQ", result, program_offset + item["index"] * 56,
item["type"], item["flags"], item["new"], item["vaddr"], item["vaddr"],
item["size"], item["memory"], item["align"])
if verbose:
print("%s: %#x bytes, inner ELF at %#x, %d program headers, %d SELF records"
% (Path(path).name, len(data), inner, len(headers), len(records)))
for item in headers:
name = PHDR_NAMES.get(item["type"], "PT_%#x" % item["type"])
moved = "" if item["new"] == item["offset"] else ", was %#x" % item["offset"]
print(" [%2d] %-18s vaddr=%#011x filesz=%#010x offset=%#010x%s"
% (item["index"], name, item["vaddr"], item["size"], item["new"], moved))
destination = Path(output)
if destination.parent != Path(""):
destination.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
destination.write_bytes(result)
return len(result)
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="unwrap a decrypted SELF or fSELF container into a clean ELF")
parser.add_argument("input", help="SELF container to read")
parser.add_argument("output", help="ELF executable to write")
parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="print the program header mapping")
arguments = parser.parse_args()
try:
size = unwrap(arguments.input, arguments.output, arguments.verbose)
except Refused as error:
print("FAIL: %s: %s" % (arguments.input, error), file=sys.stderr)
return 2
except OSError as error:
print("FAIL: %s: %s" % (arguments.input, error), file=sys.stderr)
return 2
print("wrote %s, %d bytes" % (arguments.output, size))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
if hasattr(sys.stdout, "reconfigure"):
sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")
sys.exit(main())