+++
title = "Rust - Static PIE and ASLR for the x86_64-unknown-linux-musl Target"
date = 2020-06-23
[taxonomies]
tags = ["rust", "musl", "programming"]
+++

With current rust nightly the default binary output of the `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` target is a
static position independent executable (static-pie)
with address space layout randomization (ASLR) on execution.

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hello.rs:
```rust
fn main() {
    println!("main = {:#x}", &main as *const _ as usize);
}
```

Current stable rust 1.44.1 produces the usual static elf binary:
```console
$ rustc --version
  rustc 1.44.1 (c7087fe00 2020-06-17)

$ rustc --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl hello.rs

$ file hello
hello: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=3f44a4c3315d4c7c94c64b332a3fb3e604a7c066, with debug_info, not stripped

$ ./hello
main = 0x43b008

$ ./hello
main = 0x43b008
```

Current nightly rust 1.46.0 produces a static-pie with ASLR:
```console
$ rustc +nightly --version
rustc 1.46.0-nightly (6bb3dbfc6 2020-06-22)

$ rustc +nightly --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl hello.rs

$ file hello
hello: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=9592de3bfd3e9b71296edb494f1eac23958a4c59, with debug_info, not stripped

$ ./hello
main = 0x7f7310574008

$ ./hello
main = 0x7fb552b0c008
```