This page hosts a formal specification of Android Boot Image using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for Java generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Java runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The Java runtime library is published in the Maven Central Repository. Refer to the artifact page for instructions how to add it into your project with the build tool that you use.
Parse a local file and get structure in memory:
AndroidImg data = AndroidImg.fromFile("path/to/local/file.img");
Or parse structure from a byte array:
byte[] someArray = new byte[] { ... };
AndroidImg data = new AndroidImg(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(someArray));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:
data.base() // => base loading address
// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
import io.kaitai.struct.ByteBufferKaitaiStream;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStruct;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
/**
* @see <a href="https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/bootloader/boot-image-header">Source</a>
*/
public class AndroidImg extends KaitaiStruct {
public static AndroidImg fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new AndroidImg(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public AndroidImg(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public AndroidImg(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public AndroidImg(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, AndroidImg _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root == null ? this : _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.magic = this._io.readBytes(8);
if (!(Arrays.equals(magic(), new byte[] { 65, 78, 68, 82, 79, 73, 68, 33 }))) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 65, 78, 68, 82, 79, 73, 68, 33 }, magic(), _io(), "/seq/0");
}
this.kernel = new Load(this._io, this, _root);
this.ramdisk = new Load(this._io, this, _root);
this.second = new Load(this._io, this, _root);
this.tagsLoad = this._io.readU4le();
this.pageSize = this._io.readU4le();
this.headerVersion = this._io.readU4le();
this.osVersion = new OsVersion(this._io, this, _root);
this.name = new String(KaitaiStream.bytesTerminate(this._io.readBytes(16), (byte) 0, false), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
this.cmdline = new String(KaitaiStream.bytesTerminate(this._io.readBytes(512), (byte) 0, false), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
this.sha = this._io.readBytes(32);
this.extraCmdline = new String(KaitaiStream.bytesTerminate(this._io.readBytes(1024), (byte) 0, false), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
if (headerVersion() > 0) {
this.recoveryDtbo = new SizeOffset(this._io, this, _root);
}
if (headerVersion() > 0) {
this.bootHeaderSize = this._io.readU4le();
}
if (headerVersion() > 1) {
this.dtb = new LoadLong(this._io, this, _root);
}
}
public static class Load extends KaitaiStruct {
public static Load fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new Load(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public Load(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public Load(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public Load(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent, AndroidImg _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.size = this._io.readU4le();
this.addr = this._io.readU4le();
}
private long size;
private long addr;
private AndroidImg _root;
private AndroidImg _parent;
public long size() { return size; }
public long addr() { return addr; }
public AndroidImg _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidImg _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class LoadLong extends KaitaiStruct {
public static LoadLong fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new LoadLong(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public LoadLong(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public LoadLong(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public LoadLong(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent, AndroidImg _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.size = this._io.readU4le();
this.addr = this._io.readU8le();
}
private long size;
private long addr;
private AndroidImg _root;
private AndroidImg _parent;
public long size() { return size; }
public long addr() { return addr; }
public AndroidImg _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidImg _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class SizeOffset extends KaitaiStruct {
public static SizeOffset fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new SizeOffset(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public SizeOffset(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public SizeOffset(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public SizeOffset(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent, AndroidImg _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.size = this._io.readU4le();
this.offset = this._io.readU8le();
}
private long size;
private long offset;
private AndroidImg _root;
private AndroidImg _parent;
public long size() { return size; }
public long offset() { return offset; }
public AndroidImg _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidImg _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class OsVersion extends KaitaiStruct {
public static OsVersion fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new OsVersion(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public OsVersion(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public OsVersion(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public OsVersion(KaitaiStream _io, AndroidImg _parent, AndroidImg _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.version = this._io.readU4le();
}
private Integer month;
public Integer month() {
if (this.month != null)
return this.month;
int _tmp = (int) ((version() & 15));
this.month = _tmp;
return this.month;
}
private Integer patch;
public Integer patch() {
if (this.patch != null)
return this.patch;
int _tmp = (int) (((version() >> 11) & 127));
this.patch = _tmp;
return this.patch;
}
private Integer year;
public Integer year() {
if (this.year != null)
return this.year;
int _tmp = (int) ((((version() >> 4) & 127) + 2000));
this.year = _tmp;
return this.year;
}
private Integer major;
public Integer major() {
if (this.major != null)
return this.major;
int _tmp = (int) (((version() >> 25) & 127));
this.major = _tmp;
return this.major;
}
private Integer minor;
public Integer minor() {
if (this.minor != null)
return this.minor;
int _tmp = (int) (((version() >> 18) & 127));
this.minor = _tmp;
return this.minor;
}
private long version;
private AndroidImg _root;
private AndroidImg _parent;
public long version() { return version; }
public AndroidImg _root() { return _root; }
public AndroidImg _parent() { return _parent; }
}
private byte[] kernelImg;
public byte[] kernelImg() {
if (this.kernelImg != null)
return this.kernelImg;
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek(pageSize());
this.kernelImg = this._io.readBytes(kernel().size());
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this.kernelImg;
}
private Integer tagsOffset;
/**
* tags offset from base
*/
public Integer tagsOffset() {
if (this.tagsOffset != null)
return this.tagsOffset;
int _tmp = (int) ((tagsLoad() - base()));
this.tagsOffset = _tmp;
return this.tagsOffset;
}
private Integer ramdiskOffset;
/**
* ramdisk offset from base
*/
public Integer ramdiskOffset() {
if (this.ramdiskOffset != null)
return this.ramdiskOffset;
int _tmp = (int) ((ramdisk().addr() > 0 ? (ramdisk().addr() - base()) : 0));
this.ramdiskOffset = _tmp;
return this.ramdiskOffset;
}
private Integer secondOffset;
/**
* 2nd bootloader offset from base
*/
public Integer secondOffset() {
if (this.secondOffset != null)
return this.secondOffset;
int _tmp = (int) ((second().addr() > 0 ? (second().addr() - base()) : 0));
this.secondOffset = _tmp;
return this.secondOffset;
}
private Integer kernelOffset;
/**
* kernel offset from base
*/
public Integer kernelOffset() {
if (this.kernelOffset != null)
return this.kernelOffset;
int _tmp = (int) ((kernel().addr() - base()));
this.kernelOffset = _tmp;
return this.kernelOffset;
}
private Integer dtbOffset;
/**
* dtb offset from base
*/
public Integer dtbOffset() {
if (this.dtbOffset != null)
return this.dtbOffset;
if (headerVersion() > 1) {
int _tmp = (int) ((dtb().addr() > 0 ? (dtb().addr() - base()) : 0));
this.dtbOffset = _tmp;
}
return this.dtbOffset;
}
private byte[] dtbImg;
public byte[] dtbImg() {
if (this.dtbImg != null)
return this.dtbImg;
if ( ((headerVersion() > 1) && (dtb().size() > 0)) ) {
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek(((((((((pageSize() + kernel().size()) + ramdisk().size()) + second().size()) + recoveryDtbo().size()) + pageSize()) - 1) / pageSize()) * pageSize()));
this.dtbImg = this._io.readBytes(dtb().size());
this._io.seek(_pos);
}
return this.dtbImg;
}
private byte[] ramdiskImg;
public byte[] ramdiskImg() {
if (this.ramdiskImg != null)
return this.ramdiskImg;
if (ramdisk().size() > 0) {
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek((((((pageSize() + kernel().size()) + pageSize()) - 1) / pageSize()) * pageSize()));
this.ramdiskImg = this._io.readBytes(ramdisk().size());
this._io.seek(_pos);
}
return this.ramdiskImg;
}
private byte[] recoveryDtboImg;
public byte[] recoveryDtboImg() {
if (this.recoveryDtboImg != null)
return this.recoveryDtboImg;
if ( ((headerVersion() > 0) && (recoveryDtbo().size() > 0)) ) {
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek(recoveryDtbo().offset());
this.recoveryDtboImg = this._io.readBytes(recoveryDtbo().size());
this._io.seek(_pos);
}
return this.recoveryDtboImg;
}
private byte[] secondImg;
public byte[] secondImg() {
if (this.secondImg != null)
return this.secondImg;
if (second().size() > 0) {
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek(((((((pageSize() + kernel().size()) + ramdisk().size()) + pageSize()) - 1) / pageSize()) * pageSize()));
this.secondImg = this._io.readBytes(second().size());
this._io.seek(_pos);
}
return this.secondImg;
}
private Integer base;
/**
* base loading address
*/
public Integer base() {
if (this.base != null)
return this.base;
int _tmp = (int) ((kernel().addr() - 32768));
this.base = _tmp;
return this.base;
}
private byte[] magic;
private Load kernel;
private Load ramdisk;
private Load second;
private long tagsLoad;
private long pageSize;
private long headerVersion;
private OsVersion osVersion;
private String name;
private String cmdline;
private byte[] sha;
private String extraCmdline;
private SizeOffset recoveryDtbo;
private Long bootHeaderSize;
private LoadLong dtb;
private AndroidImg _root;
private KaitaiStruct _parent;
public byte[] magic() { return magic; }
public Load kernel() { return kernel; }
public Load ramdisk() { return ramdisk; }
public Load second() { return second; }
public long tagsLoad() { return tagsLoad; }
public long pageSize() { return pageSize; }
public long headerVersion() { return headerVersion; }
public OsVersion osVersion() { return osVersion; }
public String name() { return name; }
public String cmdline() { return cmdline; }
public byte[] sha() { return sha; }
public String extraCmdline() { return extraCmdline; }
public SizeOffset recoveryDtbo() { return recoveryDtbo; }
public Long bootHeaderSize() { return bootHeaderSize; }
public LoadLong dtb() { return dtb; }
public AndroidImg _root() { return _root; }
public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
}