Version1.2.3
Revision88
Size17.5 MB
LicenseGPL-3.0+
Confinementstrict
Basecore24

Convert raw Linux kernel blobs to ELF files

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vmlinux-to-elf is a tool to recover a fully analyzable .ELF from a raw kernel, through extracting the kernel symbol table (kallsyms)

Features:
- Take a raw binary blob or ELF kernel file as an input.
- Automatically detect and unpack the main compression formats used for the Linux kernel.
- Find and extract the embedded kernel symbols table (kallsyms) from the input file.
- Infer the instruction set architecture, endianness, bit size, relying upon other things on common function prologue signatures.
- Infer the entry point of the kernel from the symbols contained in the kallsyms table.
- Provide basic inference for the kernel base address.
- Unpack certain types of Android boot.img files, starting with an "ANDROID!" or "UNCOMPRESSED_IMG" magic.
- Produce an .ELF file fully analyzable with IDA Pro or Ghidra as an output.

Update History

1.2.3 81 → 88
20 Mar 2026, 13:29 UTC
1.2.2 (55)1.2.3 (81)
18 Mar 2026, 13:41 UTC
1.2.1 (33)1.2.2 (55)
12 Mar 2026, 17:33 UTC

Published4 Mar 2026, 15:22 UTC

Last updated19 Mar 2026, 08:54 UTC

First seen4 Mar 2026, 15:45 UTC