Re: [PATCH 3/3] dbghelp: fix failing SymInitialize for a live 32bit target from a 64bit caller in WOW64

[Alexandre Julliard]

Eric Pouech  writes:
> When:
> - caller of dbghelp is a 64bit process,
> - invoking SymInitialize on a 32bit live target running under WOW64
>
> SymInitialize fails because:
> - check_live_target() erroneously reads the 64bit PEB of the target,
> while it actually wants the 32bit PEB.
> - as the ELF base header address isn't set (hidden in CloudFileFlags)
> in the 64bit PEB, hence causing the failure
>
> So ensure that check_live_target() actually reads the 32bit PEB when
> handling a 32bit process.
>
> I couldn't find a simpler way to fix it :-(
> (offsetting PEB address by 0x1000 works but is way too hacky)

Offsetting by 0x1000 is fine.

But I'd say that the ELF data should be stored in the 64-bit PEB. Also
note that once the new Wow64 architecture is enabled, all ELF data
inside 32-bit processes is going to be 64-bit.