kernelvr

Here you can find some tools to build, debug and security research the Linux kernel.

Linux dependencies

You need to install the following packages to be able to build the kernel:

sudo apt install fakeroot build-essential flex bison libssl-dev libelf-dev ncurses-dev dwarves xz-utils bc

Makefile commands

Command	Example	Description
download	make download VERSION=6.15.5	Download the linux source code and creates a ./linux symbolic link to it
build	make build VERSION=6.15.5	Download (if not downloaded yet) and build the Linux source code
switch	make switch VERSION=6.15.5	Switch the symbolic link ./linux to the source code of the given version
vm	make vm VERSION=6.15.5	Run a QEMU virtual machine with the Linux
debug	make debug VERSION=6.15.5	Run the GDB to debug the Linux
codesearch-index	make codesearch-index	Create indexes files to code search the Linux source code
codesearch	make codesearch	Search/navigate the Linux source code using cscope
codebrowse	make codebrowse	Open a tunned Vim to browse Linux source code. See config.vim to learn the shortcuts

Tools

Note: All the tools have help messages with --help option.

Tool	Description
gitmon.sh	Monitory the changes on a git repository.