# v2 pbzx stream handler # My personal writeup on the differences here: https://gist.github.com/pudquick/29fcfe09c326a9b96cf5 # # Pure python reimplementation of .cpio.xz content extraction from pbzx file payload originally here: # http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/135458-pbzx-stream-parser.html # # Cleaned up C version (as the basis for my code) here, thanks to Pepijn Bruienne / @bruienne # https://gist.github.com/bruienne/029494bbcfb358098b41 import os import struct import sys def seekread(f, offset=None, length=0, relative=True): if offset is not None: # offset provided, let's seek f.seek(offset, [0, 1, 2][relative]) if length: return f.read(length) return None def parse_pbzx(pbzx_path): section = 0 xar_out_path = f"{pbzx_path}.part{section:02d}.cpio.xz" with open(pbzx_path, "rb") as f: # pbzx = f.read() # f.close() magic = seekread(f, length=4) if magic != "pbzx": raise RuntimeError("Error: Not a pbzx file") # Read 8 bytes for initial flags flags = seekread(f, length=8) # Interpret the flags as a 64-bit big-endian unsigned int flags = struct.unpack(">Q", flags)[0] while flags & (1 << 24): with open(xar_out_path, "wb") as xar_f: xar_f.seek(0, os.SEEK_END) # Read in more flags flags = seekread(f, length=8) flags = struct.unpack(">Q", flags)[0] # Read in length f_length = seekread(f, length=8) f_length = struct.unpack(">Q", f_length)[0] xzmagic = seekread(f, length=6) if xzmagic != "\xfd7zXZ\x00": # This isn't xz content, this is actually _raw decompressed cpio_ chunk of 16MB in size... # Let's back up ... seekread(f, offset=-6, length=0) # ... and split it out ... f_content = seekread(f, length=f_length) section += 1 decomp_out = f"{pbzx_path}.part{section:02d}.cpio" with open(decomp_out, "wb") as g: g.write(f_content) # Now to start the next section, which should hopefully be .xz (we'll just assume it is ...) section += 1 xar_out_path = f"{pbzx_path}.part{section:02d}.cpio.xz" else: f_length -= 6 # This part needs buffering f_content = seekread(f, length=f_length) tail = seekread(f, offset=-2, length=2) xar_f.write(xzmagic) xar_f.write(f_content) if tail != "YZ": raise RuntimeError("Error: Footer is not xar file footer") def main(): parse_pbzx(sys.argv[1]) print( "Now xz decompress the .xz chunks, then 'cat' them all together in order into a single new.cpio file" ) if __name__ == "__main__": main()