emd is a command line memory acquisition tool for Linux systems.
It’s designed to dump physical memory using an eBPF filter, providing a way to capture system memory for security analysis, incident response, and forensic investigation. The tool is written in Rust and requires root privileges to access the memory data it collects.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Dumps physical memory on Linux systems using an eBPF filter.
- Works in situations where /proc/kcore is unavailable.
- Can operate when the kernel is running in lockdown integrity mode.
- Provides a command line interface for writing captured memory to an output file.
- Can be built from source with Cargo using the Rust toolchain and bpf-linker.
- Available for installation via Cargo under the emdumper package name.
Website: github.com/ph0llux/emd
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Developer: ph0llux
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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