Understanding Pointers for Reverse Engineers Part 3 - Passing Arguments by Reference (Patreon)

This is the last part of a short three-part series on pointers. In this tutorial we look at what happens when an argument is passed by reference. What actually occurs in memory and in the compiled assembly.

Hands On Example

Attached to this post is the compiled example we analyzed in the tutorial. You are encouraged to analyze the binary in the disassemble of your choice and identify how the argument is passed by reference.

Debugging the example is also encouraged!