Error while running checksec.exe on Win11: Can't open '\lib\libc.so.6' about checksec.py HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi !

so checksec tries to locate the libc on your system since it's required to analyze ELF binaries in order to produce a list of fortified symbols and give a fortify_score to the binary.

The get_libc() function deals with the locating the libc using various methods.

I agree here that I could add a check whether we are running on Windows, and simply skip that search.

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Thanks for the explanation. So I guess, as long as we are not checking elf files in windows environment, we still be able to obtain the same result when runs checksec.py in linux machine right?

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Yes, exactly.
The only difference with Windows is that you won't get fortify scores for ELF files, since you don't have a libc to compare from.

There is still an option to provide an explicit libc file if you want to though

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Thanks.

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