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function::user_string_quoted


Name

function::user_string_quoted — Retrieves and quotes string from user space.

Synopsis

function user_string_quoted:string(addr:long)

Arguments

addr
The user space address to retrieve the string from.

General Syntax

user_string_quoted:string(addr:long)

Description

Returns the null terminated C string from a given user space memory address where any ASCII characters that are not printable are replaced by the corresponding escape sequence in the returned string. Reports NULL for address zero. Returns <unknown> on the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible at the given address.