python-ptrace

No Maintenance Intended

This project is no longer maintained and is looking for a new maintainer.

python-ptrace is a debugger using ptrace (Linux, BSD and Darwin system call to trace processes) written in Python.

python-ptrace is an opensource project written in Python under GNU GPLv2 license. It supports Python 3.6 and newer.

Features

  • High level Python object API : PtraceDebugger and PtraceProcess
  • Able to control multiple processes: catch fork events on Linux
  • Read/write bytes to arbitrary address: take care of memory alignment and split bytes to cpu word
  • Execution step by step using ptrace_singlestep() or hardware interruption 3
  • Can use distorm disassembler
  • Dump registers, memory mappings, stack, etc.
  • Syscall tracer and parser (strace.py command)

Status:

  • Supported operating systems: Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD
  • Supported architectures: x86, x86_64 (Linux), PPC (Linux), ARM (Linux EAPI)

Missing features:

  • Symbols: it’s not possible to break on a function or read a variable value
  • No C language support: debugger shows assembler code, not your C (C++ or other language) code!
  • No thread support