Sqlcipher is not run on oppo devices

[mobeentharsol]

Sqlcipher is not run on this company all devices. Please add support for this company devices.
https://www.oppo.com/pk/

native crash occurred on very start of application.

SQLCipher for Android version: 4.1.3

[developernotes]

Hello @mobeentharsol,

Thank you for your report. Unfortunately, we do not have any of those devices on hand to test. Can you provide an error message from the SQLCipher for Android test suite when you attempt to run it on an Oppo device?

[mobeentharsol]

When I have run test on Oppo device then application suddenly close and logcat print below lines.

04-27 16:53:36.754 9919-9956/net.zetetic.sqlcipher.test I/Zetetic: Running test suite on arm64-v8a platform
04-27 16:53:36.794 9919-9956/net.zetetic.sqlcipher.test W/linker: /data/app/net.zetetic.sqlcipher.test-1/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x7768
04-27 16:53:36.794 9919-9956/net.zetetic.sqlcipher.test W/linker: /data/app/net.zetetic.sqlcipher.test-1/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x3

[developernotes]

Hi @mobeentharsol

Thank you for the logcat output, I can see the dynamic array tags within the binary. This post is helpful in providing some additional details regarding those messages. This may be an issue that can be resolved by an update to the Android NDK which is something we would like to investigate for a future release of SQLCipher (historically this has been problematic). That said, there could also be an issue with the compilation flags used for the ARM kernel on the host device.

In the interim, would you try the linked Android elf cleaner against the binaries and let us know if that addresses the issue for you?

toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-readelf --dynamic ~/src/android-database-sqlcipher/android-database-sqlcipher/build/intermediates/jniLibs/release/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so

Dynamic section at offset 0x2e1d18 contains 29 entries:
  Tag        Type                         Name/Value
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [liblog.so]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libc.so]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libm.so]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libstdc++.so]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libdl.so]
 0x000000000000000e (SONAME)             Library soname: [libsqlcipher.so]
 0x0000000000000019 (INIT_ARRAY)         0x2cf008
 0x000000000000001b (INIT_ARRAYSZ)       32 (bytes)
 0x000000000000001a (FINI_ARRAY)         0x2cf028
 0x000000000000001c (FINI_ARRAYSZ)       16 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000004 (HASH)               0x1f0
 0x0000000000000005 (STRTAB)             0x44f8
 0x0000000000000006 (SYMTAB)             0x1288
 0x000000000000000a (STRSZ)              11831 (bytes)
 0x000000000000000b (SYMENT)             24 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000003 (PLTGOT)             0x2f1f28
 0x0000000000000002 (PLTRELSZ)           6360 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000014 (PLTREL)             RELA
 0x0000000000000017 (JMPREL)             0x41bc0
 0x0000000000000007 (RELA)               0x77c8
 0x0000000000000008 (RELASZ)             238584 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000009 (RELAENT)            24 (bytes)
 0x0000000000000018 (BIND_NOW)
 0x000000006ffffffb (FLAGS_1)            Flags: NOW
 0x000000006ffffffe (VERNEED)            0x7768
 0x000000006fffffff (VERNEEDNUM)         3
 0x000000006ffffff0 (VERSYM)             0x7330
 0x000000006ffffff9 (RELACOUNT)          9664
 0x0000000000000000 (NULL)               0x0

[mobeentharsol]

I am using aar in gradle and link got from your site. Using community edition, I am unable execute above steps. Please guide me to further steps.

[developernotes]

Hi @mobeentharsol

You can download the AAR file directly here. Once downloaded, you can rename the file as a zip, then unzip it. You would then want to run the elf cleaner on the libsqlcipher.so files located within the jni/arm64-v8a, and possibly for the other platforms. Finally, zip the folder back up and rename to an AAR.

[mobeentharsol]

I am windows user. I have tried to work on ubuntu but did not successful. can you do above task and send to me AAR file?

[stale]

Hello, it looks like there has been no activity on this issue recently. Has the issue been fixed, or does it still require the community's attention? This issue may be closed if no further activity occurs. You may also label this issue as "bug", "enhancement", or "security" and I will leave it open. Thank you for your contributions.

[stale]

Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. If this issue is still present in the latest release, please feel free to reopen with up-to-date information.

[mittt]

I’m having the same problem, running on BlueBird EF500 device. Can i help with debugging in any way?

BlueBird EF500 with Android version 5.1.1
SQLCipher 4.1.2

It's an existing problem, could you reopen the issue.

Those are the only relevant logs from the crash:
01-31 13:42:03.055 13883-13919/com.NEWmobiAudit W/linker: /data/app/com.example/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x7810
01-31 13:42:03.056 13883-13919/com.NEWmobiAudit W/linker: /data/app/com.example/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x3
01-31 13:42:03.161 818-834/? I/WindowState: WIN DEATH: Window{2c25e24 u0 com.example/com.example.MainActivity}

[MarcusCwl]

W/linker: /data/app/a/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x7810
W/linker: /data/app/a/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x3
WIN DEATH: Window{10656b82 u0

Actually I encounter same issue on OPPO Android 5 as well

[dbof10]

https://github.com/kost/android-elf-cleaner

[bembem1011]

I met same issue like others in oppo android 5 :( but I don't know how to run android-elf-cleaner to get more info

[bembem1011]

After following @developernotes guides, I get the below info. Hope it helps to fix in android 5 oppo
The logcat message:

04-20 04:47:28.845 29231-29231/? W/linker: /data/app/net.vinid.module.common.sample-2/lib/arm64/libcproxy.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x17328
04-20 04:47:28.845 29231-29231/? W/linker: /data/app/net.vinid.module.common.sample-2/lib/arm64/libcproxy.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x3
04-20 04:47:28.875 29231-29274/? W/GooglePlayServicesUtil: Google Play services out of date. Requires 11925000 but found 8301240
04-20 04:47:28.885 29231-29231/? W/FirebaseRemoteConfig: No value of type 'String' exists for parameter key 'android_cert_pinning'.
04-20 04:47:28.905 975-975/? W/keystore: Could not read CACERT_ALIAS_ENCRYPTION_KEY
04-20 04:47:29.065 29231-29231/? W/linker: /data/app/net.vinid.module.common.sample-2/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffef5 arg 0x12d0
04-20 04:47:29.065 29231-29231/? W/linker: /data/app/net.vinid.module.common.sample-2/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x8558
04-20 04:47:29.065 29231-29231/? W/linker: /data/app/net.vinid.module.common.sample-2/lib/arm64/libsqlcipher.so: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x3

After running android elf cleaner, and run the command like @developernotes guides. I get below output

./prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-readelf --dynamic /Users/hiennt98/Desktop/libsqlcipher.so
Dynamic section at offset 0x333d10 contains 27 entries:
Tag Type Name/Value
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [liblog.so]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libdl.so]
0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libsqlcipher.so]
0x0000000000000019 (INIT_ARRAY) 0x31eff0
0x000000000000001b (INIT_ARRAYSZ) 8 (bytes)
0x000000000000001a (FINI_ARRAY) 0x31eff8
0x000000000000001c (FINI_ARRAYSZ) 16 (bytes)
0x0000000000000004 (HASH) 0x228
0x000000006ffffef5 (GNU_HASH) 0x12d0
0x0000000000000005 (STRTAB) 0x5210
0x0000000000000006 (SYMTAB) 0x1f28
0x000000000000000a (STRSZ) 12036 (bytes)
0x000000000000000b (SYMENT) 24 (bytes)
0x0000000000000003 (PLTGOT) 0x343f20
0x0000000000000002 (PLTRELSZ) 6480 (bytes)
0x0000000000000014 (PLTREL) RELA
0x0000000000000017 (JMPREL) 0x483e0
0x0000000000000007 (RELA) 0x85b8
0x0000000000000008 (RELASZ) 261672 (bytes)
0x0000000000000009 (RELAENT) 24 (bytes)
0x000000000000001e (FLAGS) BIND_NOW
0x000000006ffffffb (FLAGS_1) Flags: NOW
0x000000006ffffff9 (RELACOUNT) 10625
0x000000006ffffff0 (VERSYM) 0x8114
0x0000000000000000 (NULL) 0x3

./prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-readelf --dynamic /Users/hiennt98/Desktop/libcproxy.so
Dynamic section at offset 0x195430 contains 27 entries:
Tag Type Name/Value
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [liblog.so]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libdl.so]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so]
0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libcproxy.so]
0x0000000000000010 (SYMBOLIC) 0x0
0x0000000000000019 (INIT_ARRAY) 0x19ccc8
0x000000000000001b (INIT_ARRAYSZ) 8 (bytes)
0x000000000000001a (FINI_ARRAY) 0x19ccd0
0x000000000000001c (FINI_ARRAYSZ) 16 (bytes)
0x0000000000000004 (HASH) 0x190
0x0000000000000005 (STRTAB) 0xd510
0x0000000000000006 (SYMTAB) 0x2da0
0x000000000000000a (STRSZ) 36893 (bytes)
0x000000000000000b (SYMENT) 24 (bytes)
0x0000000000000003 (PLTGOT) 0x1a5640
0x0000000000000002 (PLTRELSZ) 3360 (bytes)
0x0000000000000014 (PLTREL) RELA
0x0000000000000017 (JMPREL) 0x20268
0x0000000000000007 (RELA) 0x17388
0x0000000000000008 (RELASZ) 36576 (bytes)
0x0000000000000009 (RELAENT) 24 (bytes)
0x0000000000000018 (BIND_NOW)
0x000000006ffffffb (FLAGS_1) Flags: NOW
0x000000006ffffff9 (RELACOUNT) 1522
0x000000006ffffff0 (VERSYM) 0x1652e
0x0000000000000000 (NULL) 0x3

I attached the libsqlcipher.so and http://libcproxy.so/ file, which has run with android elf cleaner

libcproxy.so.zip
libsqlcipher.so.zip

[bembem1011]

Hope this issue will reopen, and you can fix this :(