Load-time synthesis and patching of kernel module ELF and kexec PE

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust

Research direction

Start by locating the ELF and PE loader entry points and tracing where binaries are synthesized or patched during loading. Compare that behavior with the segment-validation path; done means loaded binary segments can be faithfully validated without load-time synthesis or patching in both loaders.

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Description

enhancement target-lvbs

Both ELF and PE loaders synthesize and patch binaries while loading them. This prevents us from faithfully validating whether loaded binary segments are correct.

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