Frida 16.6.5 Released

Frida 16.6.5 Released ∞

release

23 Jan 2025

This release brings a set of improvements and fixes in our Linux and Android support, with contributions from @kaftejiman and @DoranekoSystems. We’ve also improved how we talk to Apple devices across the network.

Here’s what’s new:

linux: Improve injector to avoid risky code swaps with memfd regions (thanks to @kaftejiman). Memfd regions may not be writable, and unlike regular regions, ptrace() won’t help us in case of a missing writable bit.
linux: Relax injector’s libc matching for Android (thanks to @kaftejiman). This means we can still match them with bind-mounted APEXes.
linux: Optimize NativePointer#readVolatile() (JS) / gum_memory_read() (C) for Linux/Android (thanks to @DoranekoSystems). By making use of process_vm_readv() if the kernel supports it, we can avoid parsing memory maps. This means instead of being well above 1000x slower compared to direct access, it is now only about 1.45x slower.
fruity: Support networked lockdown for CoreDevice. We need to provide the remote unlock host key as part of the RSDCheckin. Kudos to @as0ler and @mrmacete for reporting and helping get to the bottom of this one.