Huawei Bootloader packed image format: Ruby parsing library

Format of bootloader-*.img files found in factory images of certain Android devices from Huawei:

All image versions can be found in factory images at https://developers.google.com/android/images for the specific device. To avoid having to download an entire ZIP archive when you only need one file from it, install remotezip and use its command line tool to list members in the archive and then to download only the file you want.

File extension

img

KS implementation details

License: CC0-1.0

This page hosts a formal specification of Huawei Bootloader packed image format using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.

Usage

Runtime library

All parsing code for Ruby generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Ruby runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.

The Ruby runtime library can be installed from RubyGems:

gem install kaitai-struct

Code

Parse a local file and get structure in memory:

data = AndroidBootldrHuawei.from_file("path/to/local/file.img")

Or parse structure from a string of bytes:

bytes = "\x00\x01\x02..."
data = AndroidBootldrHuawei.new(Kaitai::Struct::Stream.new(bytes))

After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:

data.meta_header # => get meta header

Ruby source code to parse Huawei Bootloader packed image format

android_bootldr_huawei.rb

# This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild

require 'kaitai/struct/struct'

unless Gem::Version.new(Kaitai::Struct::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('0.9')
  raise "Incompatible Kaitai Struct Ruby API: 0.9 or later is required, but you have #{Kaitai::Struct::VERSION}"
end


##
# Format of `bootloader-*.img` files found in factory images of certain Android devices from Huawei:
# 
# * Nexus 6P "angler": [sample][sample-angler] ([other samples][others-angler]),
#   [releasetools.py](https://android.googlesource.com/device/huawei/angler/+/cf92cd8/releasetools.py#29)
# 
# [sample-angler]: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603870158 "bootloader-angler-angler-03.84.img"
# [others-angler]: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=bootloader-angler&type=files
# 
# All image versions can be found in factory images at
# <https://developers.google.com/android/images> for the specific device. To
# avoid having to download an entire ZIP archive when you only need one file
# from it, install [remotezip](https://github.com/gtsystem/python-remotezip) and
# use its [command line
# tool](https://github.com/gtsystem/python-remotezip#command-line-tool) to list
# members in the archive and then to download only the file you want.
# @see https://android.googlesource.com/device/huawei/angler/+/673cfb9/releasetools.py Source
# @see https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_format.h?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85 Source
# @see https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85 Source
class AndroidBootldrHuawei < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
  def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
    super(_io, _parent, _root)
    _read
  end

  def _read
    @meta_header = MetaHdr.new(@_io, self, @_root)
    @header_ext = @_io.read_bytes((meta_header.len_meta_header - 76))
    @_raw_image_header = @_io.read_bytes(meta_header.len_image_header)
    _io__raw_image_header = Kaitai::Struct::Stream.new(@_raw_image_header)
    @image_header = ImageHdr.new(_io__raw_image_header, self, @_root)
    self
  end
  class MetaHdr < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
    def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
      super(_io, _parent, _root)
      _read
    end

    def _read
      @magic = @_io.read_bytes(4)
      raise Kaitai::Struct::ValidationNotEqualError.new([60, 214, 26, 206].pack('C*'), magic, _io, "/types/meta_hdr/seq/0") if not magic == [60, 214, 26, 206].pack('C*')
      @version = Version.new(@_io, self, @_root)
      @image_version = (Kaitai::Struct::Stream::bytes_terminate(@_io.read_bytes(64), 0, false)).force_encoding("ASCII")
      @len_meta_header = @_io.read_u2le
      @len_image_header = @_io.read_u2le
      self
    end
    attr_reader :magic
    attr_reader :version
    attr_reader :image_version
    attr_reader :len_meta_header
    attr_reader :len_image_header
  end
  class Version < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
    def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
      super(_io, _parent, _root)
      _read
    end

    def _read
      @major = @_io.read_u2le
      @minor = @_io.read_u2le
      self
    end
    attr_reader :major
    attr_reader :minor
  end
  class ImageHdr < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
    def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
      super(_io, _parent, _root)
      _read
    end

    def _read
      @entries = []
      i = 0
      while not @_io.eof?
        @entries << ImageHdrEntry.new(@_io, self, @_root)
        i += 1
      end
      self
    end

    ##
    # The C generator program defines `img_header` as a [fixed size
    # array](https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85#n42)
    # of `img_header_entry_t` structs with length `MAX_IMAGES` (which is
    # defined as `16`).
    # 
    # This means that technically there will always be 16 `image_hdr`
    # entries, the first *n* entries being used (filled with real values)
    # and the rest left unused with all bytes zero.
    # 
    # To check if an entry is used, use the `is_used` attribute.
    attr_reader :entries
  end
  class ImageHdrEntry < Kaitai::Struct::Struct
    def initialize(_io, _parent = nil, _root = self)
      super(_io, _parent, _root)
      _read
    end

    def _read
      @name = (Kaitai::Struct::Stream::bytes_terminate(@_io.read_bytes(72), 0, false)).force_encoding("ASCII")
      @ofs_body = @_io.read_u4le
      @len_body = @_io.read_u4le
      self
    end

    ##
    # @see https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/device/qcom/common/tree/meta_image/meta_image.c?h=LA.UM.6.1.1&id=a68d284aee85#n119 Source
    def is_used
      return @is_used unless @is_used.nil?
      @is_used =  ((ofs_body != 0) && (len_body != 0)) 
      @is_used
    end
    def body
      return @body unless @body.nil?
      if is_used
        io = _root._io
        _pos = io.pos
        io.seek(ofs_body)
        @body = io.read_bytes(len_body)
        io.seek(_pos)
      end
      @body
    end

    ##
    # partition name
    attr_reader :name
    attr_reader :ofs_body
    attr_reader :len_body
  end
  attr_reader :meta_header
  attr_reader :header_ext
  attr_reader :image_header
  attr_reader :_raw_image_header
end