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raven/native/nt/x86_compat_api.cpp
mirkobrombin 61a3c08744 fix: answer 32-bit heap calls in the guest
Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-opus-5-5
AI-Scope: guest-side x86 HeapAlloc, HeapFree and GetProcessHeap paths and their test
2026-11-02 18:53:06 +00:00

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#include "x86_compat_api.h"
#include "actctx.h"
#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <sys/mman.h>
namespace raven {
namespace {
constexpr std::array<std::pair<std::string_view, uint32_t>, 28> compat_exports{{
{"GetProcessHeap", 0}, {"HeapAlloc", 3}, {"HeapFree", 3}, {"HeapReAlloc", 4}, {"HeapSize", 3},
{"CreateWindowExA", 12}, {"DispatchMessageA", 1}, {"GetMessageA", 4}, {"PeekMessageA", 5},
{"RegisterClassA", 1}, {"RegisterClassExA", 1}, {"UnregisterClassA", 2}, {"GetClassInfoA", 3}, {"GetClassInfoExA", 3},
{"GlobalHandle", 1}, {"GetVersionExA", 1}, {"WinExec", 2}, {"GetCurrentProcess", 0}, {"SetHandleCount", 1}, {"GetEnvironmentStrings", 0},
{"FreeEnvironmentStringsA", 1}, {"UnhandledExceptionFilter", 1}, {"RtlUnwind", 4}, {"HeapCreate", 3}, {"HeapDestroy", 1},
{"ExitWindowsEx", 2}, {"RealizePalette", 1},
}};
constexpr uint64_t process_heap_handle = 0x00150000, executable_heap_handle = 0x00160000, heap_region = 1 << 20, large_block = 256 << 10, header = 16;
constexpr size_t slot_bytes = 2048, slot_count = 4;
uint32_t read_word(const std::vector<uint8_t> &bytes, size_t offset)
{
return uint32_t(bytes[offset]) | uint32_t(bytes[offset + 1]) << 8 | uint32_t(bytes[offset + 2]) << 16 | uint32_t(bytes[offset + 3]) << 24;
}
void write_word(std::vector<uint8_t> &bytes, size_t offset, uint32_t value)
{
for (size_t byte = 0; byte < 4; ++byte)
bytes[offset + byte] = uint8_t(value >> (byte * 8));
}
constexpr uint32_t guest_heap_classes = large_block / 16 + 1, guest_heap_pages = 1U << 20;
void code_bytes(std::vector<uint8_t> &code, std::initializer_list<uint8_t> bytes)
{
code.insert(code.end(), bytes);
}
void code_word(std::vector<uint8_t> &code, uint32_t value)
{
for (size_t byte = 0; byte < 4; ++byte)
code.push_back(uint8_t(value >> (byte * 8)));
}
// A short forward jump whose target is set once the label is reached.
size_t code_jump(std::vector<uint8_t> &code, uint8_t opcode)
{
code_bytes(code, {opcode, 0});
return code.size();
}
void code_land(std::vector<uint8_t> &code, std::initializer_list<size_t> jumps)
{
for (const auto after : jumps)
code[after - 1] = uint8_t(code.size() - after);
}
// The two calls that a C runtime makes for every malloc and free answer from free lists in guest memory, as a trap costs far more than
// the allocation. The bitmap names the pages of the arena, so that a block from anywhere else, which has no header, goes to the runtime
// and so does a heap whose blocks run code. The lock is only tried: a thread that finds it held takes the runtime's path, whose own lists
// and bump region do not depend on it. Free lists link through the first word of the payload, and the runtime never sees them.
std::vector<uint8_t> alloc_prelude(uint32_t lock, uint32_t lists, uint32_t executable)
{
std::vector<uint8_t> code;
code_bytes(code, {0x8b, 0x44, 0x24, 0x04, 0x3d}); // mov eax,[esp+4]; cmp eax,executable
code_word(code, executable);
const auto foreign = code_jump(code, 0x74);
code_bytes(code, {0x8b, 0x44, 0x24, 0x0c, 0x8d, 0x48, 0xff, 0x81, 0xf9}); // mov eax,[esp+12]; lea ecx,[eax-1]; cmp ecx,limit
code_word(code, uint32_t(large_block) - 1);
const auto sized = code_jump(code, 0x77);
code_bytes(code, {0x83, 0xc0, 0x0f, 0xc1, 0xe8, 0x04, 0xb9, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0x87, 0x0d}); // add eax,15; shr eax,4; mov ecx,1; xchg [lock],ecx
code_word(code, lock);
code_bytes(code, {0x85, 0xc9}); // test ecx,ecx
const auto held = code_jump(code, 0x75);
code_bytes(code, {0x89, 0xc1, 0x8b, 0x04, 0x8d}); // mov ecx,eax; mov eax,[lists+ecx*4]
code_word(code, lists);
code_bytes(code, {0x85, 0xc0}); // test eax,eax
const auto empty = code_jump(code, 0x74);
code_bytes(code, {0x8b, 0x10, 0x89, 0x14, 0x8d}); // mov edx,[eax]; mov [lists+ecx*4],edx
code_word(code, lists);
code_bytes(code, {0xc7, 0x05}); // mov dword [lock],0
code_word(code, lock);
code_word(code, 0);
code_bytes(code, {0xf6, 0x44, 0x24, 0x08, 0x08}); // test byte [esp+8],HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY
const auto zero = code_jump(code, 0x75);
code_bytes(code, {0xc2, 0x0c, 0x00}); // ret 12
code_land(code, {zero});
code_bytes(code, {0x57, 0x89, 0xc7, 0x89, 0xc2, 0xc1, 0xe1, 0x02, 0x31, 0xc0, 0xf3, 0xab, 0x89, 0xd0, 0x5f, 0xc2, 0x0c, 0x00}); // rep stosd over the class, keeping edi
code_land(code, {empty});
code_bytes(code, {0xc7, 0x05}); // mov dword [lock],0
code_word(code, lock);
code_word(code, 0);
code_land(code, {foreign, sized, held});
return code;
}
std::vector<uint8_t> free_prelude(uint32_t lock, uint32_t lists, uint32_t pages)
{
std::vector<uint8_t> code;
code_bytes(code, {0x8b, 0x44, 0x24, 0x0c, 0x89, 0xc1, 0xc1, 0xe9, 0x0c, 0x0f, 0xa3, 0x0d}); // mov eax,[esp+12]; mov ecx,eax; shr ecx,12; bt [pages],ecx
code_word(code, pages);
const auto foreign = code_jump(code, 0x73);
code_bytes(code, {0x8b, 0x48, 0xf0, 0xc1, 0xe9, 0x04, 0x81, 0xf9}); // mov ecx,[eax-16]; shr ecx,4; cmp ecx,classes
code_word(code, guest_heap_classes);
const auto sized = code_jump(code, 0x73);
code_bytes(code, {0xba, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0x87, 0x15}); // mov edx,1; xchg [lock],edx
code_word(code, lock);
code_bytes(code, {0x85, 0xd2}); // test edx,edx
const auto held = code_jump(code, 0x75);
code_bytes(code, {0x8b, 0x14, 0x8d}); // mov edx,[lists+ecx*4]
code_word(code, lists);
code_bytes(code, {0x89, 0x10, 0x89, 0x04, 0x8d}); // mov [eax],edx; mov [lists+ecx*4],eax
code_word(code, lists);
code_bytes(code, {0xc7, 0x05}); // mov dword [lock],0
code_word(code, lock);
code_word(code, 0);
code_bytes(code, {0xb8, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0xc2, 0x0c, 0x00}); // mov eax,1; ret 12
code_land(code, {foreign, sized, held});
return code;
}
}
NativeX86Compat::NativeX86Compat(NativeProcess &process, NativeEnvironment &environment, NativeWindows &windows)
: process(process), environment(environment), windows(windows)
{
}
std::span<const std::pair<std::string_view, uint32_t>> NativeX86Compat::exports()
{
return compat_exports;
}
uint32_t NativeX86Compat::block_size(uint64_t address) const
{
return read_word(process.read_memory(address - header, 4), 0);
}
uint64_t NativeX86Compat::heap_alloc(uint32_t size, bool zero, bool executable)
{
const uint32_t payload = (std::max<uint32_t>(size, 1) + 15) & ~uint32_t(15);
const int protection = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | (executable ? PROT_EXEC : 0);
// The header holds the payload size and the arena the block goes back to.
std::vector<uint8_t> prefix(header);
write_word(prefix, 0, payload);
write_word(prefix, 4, executable ? 1 : 0);
if (payload > large_block) {
const uint64_t length = (uint64_t(payload) + header + 4095) & ~uint64_t(4095);
const auto base = process.map_memory(length, protection);
process.write_memory(base, prefix);
return base + header;
}
auto &arena = arenas[executable ? 1 : 0];
auto &list = arena.free_blocks[payload];
uint64_t address = 0;
if (!list.empty()) {
address = list.back();
list.pop_back();
if (zero)
process.write_memory(address, std::vector<uint8_t>(payload));
return address;
}
if (arena.region_left < payload + header) {
arena.region = process.map_memory(heap_region, protection);
arena.region_left = heap_region;
if (guest_pages && !executable)
process.write_memory(guest_pages + (arena.region >> 15), std::vector<uint8_t>(heap_region >> 15, 0xff));
}
process.write_memory(arena.region, prefix);
address = arena.region + header;
arena.region += payload + header;
arena.region_left -= payload + header;
return address;
}
void NativeX86Compat::heap_free(uint64_t address)
{
const uint32_t payload = block_size(address);
if (payload > large_block) {
process.unmap_memory(address - header);
return;
}
const bool executable = read_word(process.read_memory(address - header + 4, 4), 0) == 1;
arenas[executable ? 1 : 0].free_blocks[payload].push_back(address);
}
void NativeX86Compat::guest_heap()
{
if (!traps || guest_pages)
return;
const size_t lists_size = guest_heap_classes * 4, pages_size = guest_heap_pages / 8;
const auto lock = process.map_memory(4096 + ((lists_size + 4095) & ~size_t(4095)) + pages_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
const auto lists = lock + 4096;
guest_pages = lists + ((lists_size + 4095) & ~size_t(4095));
const auto code = process.map_memory(4096, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC);
uint64_t next = code;
std::map<uint64_t, std::pair<std::string_view, uint32_t>> served;
for (const auto &[stub, api] : *traps) {
std::vector<uint8_t> body;
if (api.first == "GetProcessHeap") {
body = {0xb8};
code_word(body, uint32_t(process_heap_handle));
code_bytes(body, {0xc3});
} else if (api.first == "HeapAlloc")
body = alloc_prelude(uint32_t(lock), uint32_t(lists), uint32_t(executable_heap_handle));
else if (api.first == "HeapFree")
body = free_prelude(uint32_t(lock), uint32_t(lists), uint32_t(guest_pages));
else
continue;
if (api.first != "GetProcessHeap") {
served.emplace(next + body.size(), api);
code_bytes(body, {0xcc, 0xc3});
}
process.write_memory(next, body);
std::vector<uint8_t> jump{0xe9};
code_word(jump, uint32_t(next - (stub + 5)));
const auto page = stub & ~uint64_t(4095);
process.protect_image(page, 8192, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC);
process.write_memory(stub, jump);
process.protect_image(page, 8192, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC);
next += (body.size() + 2 + 15) & ~size_t(15);
}
for (const auto &[address, api] : served) {
process.add_api_trap(address, api.second);
traps->emplace(address, api);
}
}
uint64_t NativeX86Compat::scratch_base()
{
if (!scratch)
scratch = process.map_memory(slot_bytes * slot_count, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
return scratch;
}
// Copies a guest ANSI string into one of a few scratch slots as UTF-16 and returns its address; atoms and null pass through.
uint32_t NativeX86Compat::widen(uint64_t address)
{
if (address <= 0xffff)
return uint32_t(address);
const uint64_t slot = scratch_base() + (scratch_slot++ % slot_count) * slot_bytes;
std::vector<uint8_t> wide;
for (size_t index = 0; index < slot_bytes / 2 - 1; ++index) {
const uint8_t character = process.read_memory(address + index, 1)[0];
wide.push_back(character);
wide.push_back(0);
if (!character)
break;
}
if (wide.size() >= 2 && (wide[wide.size() - 2] || wide[wide.size() - 1])) {
wide.push_back(0);
wide.push_back(0);
}
process.write_memory(slot, wide);
return uint32_t(slot);
}
bool NativeX86Compat::forward(std::string_view wide_name)
{
return windows.dispatch(wide_name);
}
bool NativeX86Compat::dispatch(std::string_view name)
{
const auto known = std::find_if(compat_exports.begin(), compat_exports.end(), [&](const auto &item) { return item.first == name; });
if (known == compat_exports.end())
return false;
if (name.starts_with("Heap") || name == "GetProcessHeap")
guest_heap();
if (name == "GetProcessHeap") {
process.api_arguments(0);
process.return_api(process_heap_handle);
} else if (name == "HeapAlloc") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(3);
process.return_api(heap_alloc(uint32_t(args[2]), args[1] & 0x8, uint32_t(args[0]) == executable_heap_handle));
} else if (name == "HeapFree") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(3);
if (args[2] && global_block(args[2]))
global_release(args[2]);
else if (args[2])
heap_free(args[2]);
process.return_api(1);
} else if (name == "HeapSize") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(3);
process.return_api(args[2] && global_block(args[2]) ? uint32_t(global_size(args[2])) : args[2] ? block_size(args[2]) : UINT32_MAX);
} else if (name == "HeapReAlloc") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(4);
const bool global = global_block(args[2]);
const uint32_t old_size = global ? uint32_t(global_size(args[2])) : block_size(args[2]), size = uint32_t(args[3]);
const auto fresh = heap_alloc(size, args[1] & 0x8, uint32_t(args[0]) == executable_heap_handle);
process.write_memory(fresh, process.read_memory(args[2], std::min(old_size, size)));
if (global)
global_release(args[2]);
else
heap_free(args[2]);
process.return_api(fresh);
} else if (name == "GlobalHandle") {
process.return_api(process.api_arguments(1)[0]);
} else if (name == "SetHandleCount") {
process.return_api(process.api_arguments(1)[0]);
} else if (name == "GetCurrentProcess") {
process.api_arguments(0);
process.return_api(UINT32_MAX);
} else if (name == "ExitWindowsEx") {
process.api_arguments(2);
environment.set_last_error(5);
process.return_api(0);
} else if (name == "RealizePalette") {
process.api_arguments(1);
process.return_api(0);
} else if (name == "WinExec") {
process.api_arguments(2);
process.return_api(2);
} else if (name == "HeapCreate") {
// Every heap shares the process heap's arena, except those whose blocks must run code.
const auto args = process.api_arguments(3);
process.return_api(args[0] & 0x40000 ? executable_heap_handle : process_heap_handle);
} else if (name == "HeapDestroy" || name == "FreeEnvironmentStringsA") {
process.api_arguments(1);
process.return_api(1);
} else if (name == "UnhandledExceptionFilter") {
// The last chance for an exception nothing handled: it is named, and the process ends as its handler asks.
const auto args = process.api_arguments(1);
try {
const auto record = read_word(process.read_memory(args[0], 4), 0);
const auto bytes = process.read_memory(record, 32);
std::cerr << "raven: unhandled exception 0x" << std::hex << read_word(bytes, 0) << " at 0x" << read_word(bytes, 12) << std::dec;
// A C++ exception names the type thrown, as the compiler decorated it.
if (read_word(bytes, 0) == 0xe06d7363 && read_word(bytes, 16) >= 3) {
const auto info = read_word(process.read_memory(record + 28, 4), 0);
const auto types = read_word(process.read_memory(info + 12, 4), 0);
const auto type = read_word(process.read_memory(read_word(process.read_memory(types + 4, 4), 0) + 4, 4), 0);
const auto name = process.read_memory(type + 8, 64);
std::cerr << " of type " << std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(name.data()), strnlen(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(name.data()), 64));
}
std::cerr << '\n';
} catch (...) {
}
process.return_api(1);
} else if (name == "RtlUnwind") {
process.api_arguments(4);
process.return_api(0);
} else if (name == "GetEnvironmentStrings") {
process.api_arguments(0);
// An empty block: two terminators. The environment is not exposed to 32-bit programs.
if (!environment_block) {
environment_block = heap_alloc(16, true);
}
process.return_api(environment_block);
} else if (name == "GetVersionExA") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(1);
const auto size = read_word(process.read_memory(args[0], 4), 0);
if (size != 148 && size != 156) {
environment.set_last_error(122);
process.return_api(0);
return true;
}
std::vector<uint8_t> info(size);
write_word(info, 0, size);
const auto version = activation_contexts().reported_version();
write_word(info, 4, version.major);
write_word(info, 8, version.minor);
write_word(info, 12, version.build);
write_word(info, 16, 2);
if (version.service_pack) {
const std::string pack = "Service Pack " + std::to_string(version.service_pack);
std::copy(pack.begin(), pack.end(), info.begin() + 20);
if (size == 156)
info[148] = uint8_t(version.service_pack);
}
process.write_memory(args[0], info);
process.return_api(1);
} else if (name == "RegisterClassA" || name == "RegisterClassExA") {
const bool extended = name == "RegisterClassExA";
auto args = process.api_arguments(1);
const size_t size = extended ? 48 : 40, shift = extended ? 4 : 0;
auto definition = process.read_memory(args[0], size);
write_word(definition, 32 + shift, widen(read_word(definition, 32 + shift)));
write_word(definition, 36 + shift, widen(read_word(definition, 36 + shift)));
scratch_base();
// The rewritten structure lives in the last scratch slot's tail, clear of the strings.
const uint64_t copy = scratch + slot_bytes * slot_count - 64;
process.write_memory(copy, definition);
process.set_api_argument(0, uint32_t(copy));
return forward(extended ? "RegisterClassExW" : "RegisterClassW");
} else if (name == "CreateWindowExA") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(12);
process.set_api_argument(1, widen(args[1]));
process.set_api_argument(2, widen(args[2]));
return forward("CreateWindowExW");
} else if (name == "PeekMessageA") {
return forward("PeekMessageW");
} else if (name == "GetMessageA") {
return forward("GetMessageW");
} else if (name == "DispatchMessageA") {
return forward("DispatchMessageW");
} else if (name == "GetClassInfoA" || name == "GetClassInfoExA") {
// The wide handler fills the same layout; the class name it leaves there is the widened copy, so the program's own string goes
// back in its place.
const bool extended = name == "GetClassInfoExA";
const auto args = process.api_arguments(3);
const uint32_t wide = widen(args[1]);
process.set_api_argument(1, wide);
const bool handled = forward(extended ? "GetClassInfoExW" : "GetClassInfoW");
const uint64_t field = args[2] + (extended ? 40 : 36);
if (handled && args[2] && wide != args[1] && read_word(process.read_memory(field, 4), 0) == wide) {
std::vector<uint8_t> original(4);
write_word(original, 0, uint32_t(args[1]));
process.write_memory(field, original);
}
return handled;
} else if (name == "UnregisterClassA") {
const auto args = process.api_arguments(2);
process.set_api_argument(0, widen(args[0]));
return forward("UnregisterClassW");
} else {
return false;
}
return true;
}
}