The goal of this project is to build and provide all possible Volatility3 profiles for the main Linux distributions in x86_64 version only.
This project contains all kernel versions including security updates.
| Distribution | Period | Path | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almalinux 8 | all | profiles/almalinux8/ | 35 |
| Almalinux 9 | all | profiles/almalinux9/ | 19 |
| Centos 6 | all | profiles/centos6/ | 230 |
| Centos 7 | all | profiles/centos7/ | 116 |
| Centos 8 | all | profiles/centos8/ | 29 |
| Ubuntu 16 | all | profiles/ubuntu16/ | 778 |
| Ubuntu 18 | all | profiles/ubuntu18/ | 812 |
| Ubuntu 20 | from 2021-10-12 to now | profiles/ubuntu20/ | 566 |
| Ubuntu 22 | from April 2023 to now | profiles/ubuntu22/ | 580 |
| Ubuntu 24 | from June 2024 to now | profiles/ubuntu24/ | 30 |
| Debian 6 to 12 (debian snapshot) | all | profiles/debian-snapshot/ | 1995 |
| Debian 10 (last) | from 2022-03-07 to now | profiles/debian10/ | 63 |
| Debian 11 (last) | from 2022-03-07 to now | profiles/debian11/ | 51 |
| Debian 12 (last) | from 2023-05-08 to now | profiles/debian12/ | 36 |
The are two methods to find your profile:
- Use the kernel package name with version and add -dbg, -dbgsym or -debuginfo, depending on the linux distribution;
- Use Linux banners index (banners.ndjson), for example:
grep "Linux version 6.2.0-1007-aws (buildd@lcy02-amd64-106) (x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-11 (Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04.1) 11.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.38) #7~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 7 13:49:28 UTC 2023 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-1007.7~22.04.1-aws 6.2.13)" banners.ndjson | jq .symbols_file
"linux-image-unsigned-6.2.0-1007-aws-dbgsym_6.2.0-1007.7~22.04.1_x86_64.json.xz"
Note: the banner is recovered via the volatility3 plugin banners.Banners.
Volatility can automatically download the symbols file by entering the address of an ISF server. It will download the banners-isf.json index directly from github where it will find the symbols file URL.
Set the constant REMOTE_ISF_URL to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leludo84/vol3-linux-profiles/main/banners-isf.json in volatility3/framework/constants/__init__.py.
Each of these profiles is packaged as a compressed .json.xz file. You can enable them individually in your Volatility installation by copying it in volatility3/symbols/linux/.
All processors are docker container. Build then with this script:
cd sources
makeCreating a profile for Volatility 3 does not require installing a Linux identical to the sampled machine.
On the analysis machine, download and compile dwarf2json from https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/dwarf2json
# if Go not installed:
apt install golang-go -y
# Downloadind and compiling
git clone https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/dwarf2json.git
cd dwarf2json/
go buildCompiling need Go 1.14 or higher.
To create a profile with dwarf , you must download or install a linux kernel with the debugging symbols of a version strictly equal to that of the sampling.
According to the distributions, the name of the corresponding package is the following:
| Distro | Package name | Repository | Archive repository |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-image-$(uname -r)-dbg | main | http://snapshot.debian.org/ |
| Ubuntu | linux-image-$(uname -r)-dbgsym | http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ | none |
| CentOS | kernel-debuginfo-$(uname -r).rpm | base-debuginfo | https://vault.centos.org/ |
| RedHat | kernel-debuginfo-$(uname -r).rpm | RHEL, RHN | RedHat Netwok (fee) |
| AlmaLinux | kernel-debuginfo-$(uname -r).rpm | baseos-debuginfo | https://repo.almalinux.org/vault/ |
The package can be either installed or unpacked on any OS with 7zip for example.
More informations:
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/9907
- https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=linuxonibm/liacf/oprofkernelsymrhel.html
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debug%20Symbol%20Packages
Debian: if the package is no longer present on the repository, it is possible to go back in time with http://snapshot.debian.org/ . Find and download the package from the home page search engine.
./dwarf2json linux --elf /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-137-generic > linux-4.4.0.json
cp linux-4.4.0.json <volatility3>/symbols/
In some cases, adding the option --system-map System-map-$(uname -r) may be necessary when creating the profile.
python3 vol.py -vvvv -f ram.img linux.pslist.PsList