use both .debug_frame and .eh_frame in dwarf parsing

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#8,421 opened on Aug 17, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 55/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: cpp, rust
Domain: reverse-engineering

Research direction

Start with plugins/dwarf/dwarf_import/src/lib.rs at lines 502-537 and compare the quick prototype on the dwarf_combine_headers branch. Use the ELF containing “super shade stands ideally” at function address 0x155d44 as the reproduction case. Done means DWARF parsing can use distinct data from both .debug_frame and .eh_frame rather than choosing only one.

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Description

Right now, when parsing an elf with dwarf, either .debug_frame or .eh_frame are parsed, but some files have both and have distinct data in one vs the other. We should be able to pull the best sources from both:

https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/blob/0dd311b8277d2c17aa62f9f6762b992cbf7628bb/plugins/dwarf/dwarf_import/src/lib.rs#L502-L537

As an example, see super shade stands ideally in the funcion at 0x155d44

Very very quick prototype test available at: https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/tree/dwarf_combine_headers

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