aeondave/qemu
offensive-tools/rev/qemu/SKILL.md
Auth/lab ref: QEMU user-mode and full-system emulation for cross-arch binaries, firmware, kernels, disks, serial consoles, networking, and GDB stubs.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- qemu
- description:
- Auth/lab ref: QEMU user-mode and full-system emulation for cross-arch binaries, firmware, kernels, disks, serial consoles, networking, and GDB stubs.
- license:
- MIT
- compatibility:
- Linux/macOS/Windows hosts with QEMU; target support depends on installed qemu-user and qemu-system binaries.
- version:
- 1.0
- category:
- tool
QEMU
QEMU is the default public tool for cross-architecture user-mode execution and full-system virtual machines.
Choose mode
| Need | Mode |
|---|---|
| Run one Linux/BSD ELF with syscalls forwarded to host | qemu-<arch> user-mode |
| Run a process inside an extracted rootfs | qemu-<arch>-static in chroot/proot/container |
| Boot kernel/initrd/rootfs/disk/firmware | qemu-system-<arch> |
| Debug kernel, bootloader, or process before start | -S -gdb ... or user-mode -g |
| Expose serial/UART | -serial stdio, -serial unix:..., -chardev ... |
| Expose guest services | -netdev user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:<host>-:<guest> |
User-mode patterns
qemu-arm -L ./sysroot ./target arg1
qemu-mipsel -L ./rootfs -strace ./usr/sbin/httpd
QEMU_LD_PREFIX=./rootfs qemu-aarch64 ./bin/app
qemu-riscv64 -g 1234 -L ./rootfs ./bin/app
If an existing file reports "No such file or directory", check the ELF interpreter and shared libraries:
readelf -lW ./target | grep 'Requesting program interpreter'
readelf -dW ./target | grep NEEDED
Use -strace for syscall evidence. Use -g <port> plus gdb-multiarch when register/memory proof is needed.
Full-system patterns
qemu-system-x86_64 \
-kernel bzImage \
-initrd initramfs.cpio.gz \
-append "console=ttyS0 panic=-1" \
-serial stdio -display none
qemu-system-mipsel \
-M malta -kernel vmlinux \
-drive file=rootfs.ext2,format=raw \
-append "root=/dev/sda console=ttyS0" \
-netdev user,id=n0,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:8080-:80 \
-device e1000,netdev=n0 \
-nographic
Discover available hardware:
qemu-system-arm -machine help
qemu-system-arm -device help
qemu-system-aarch64 -cpu help
Do not assume the virt machine or virtio devices match vendor firmware. Old router kernels often need e1000, rtl8139, IDE, SD, or board-specific devices.
Debugging
qemu-system-x86_64 -S -gdb tcp:127.0.0.1:1234 ...
gdb vmlinux
(gdb) target remote 127.0.0.1:1234
Use nokaslr or a deterministic load setup when setting breakpoints by symbol address. For boot sectors, set the GDB architecture to i8086.
Storage and images
qemu-img info disk.img
qemu-img convert -O raw vendor.vmdk rootfs.raw
qemu-img resize scratch.qcow2 +256M
Prefer read-only source images and copy-on-write scratch layers for experiments. Record image format explicitly; guessing raw vs qcow2/vmdk causes misleading boot failures.
Validation signals
- user-mode syscall trace reaches the behavior under study
- serial console prints the expected boot/init line
- GDB can halt at a relevant symbol/address
- guest service responds through a localhost-bound forward
- disk or filesystem mutation is visible in a scratch image
Failure triage
- No output: wrong console, machine, DTB, storage root, or guest waiting before serial init.
- Kernel panic: capture the full first panic line and root-device hints.
- Network dead: check NIC model, guest IP, service process, firewall, and hostfwd syntax.
- Illegal instruction: wrong CPU model or missing extension.
- User-mode loader error: wrong sysroot/interpreter/libc version.
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