{"record":{"id":"7bcafa7dbf386f64","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"android-authority-reported-non-absolute-loaded-i","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Android {authority} reported non-absolute loaded-image path `{}`","messagePattern":"Android (.+?) reported non-absolute loaded-image path `(.+?)`","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/cli/src/update.rs","lineNumber":449,"sourceCode":"            \"Android loaded image `{}` is not an executable regular file; refusing to select an update target\",\n            resolved_mapping.display()\n        );\n    }\n\n    validate_android_mapping_identity(&mapping, &resolved_mapping)?;\n    Ok(AndroidExecutableProof {\n        path: resolved_mapping,\n        device_major: mapping.device_major,\n        device_minor: mapping.device_minor,\n        inode: mapping.inode,\n        proof_kind: AndroidExecutableProofKind::DladdrAndProcMaps,\n    })\n}\n\n#[cfg(any(target_os = \"android\", all(test, unix)))]\nfn validate_android_reported_path(authority: &str, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {\n    if !path.is_absolute() {\n        bail!(\n            \"Android {authority} reported non-absolute loaded-image path `{}`\",\n            path.display()\n        );\n    }\n    if path.to_string_lossy().ends_with(\" (deleted)\") {\n        bail!(\n            \"Android {authority} reported deleted loaded image `{}`\",\n            path.display()\n        );\n    }\n    if is_android_linker_name(path) {\n        bail!(\n            \"Android {authority} identifies runtime linker `{}`; refusing to use the linker as an update target\",\n            path.display()\n        );\n    }\n    Ok(())\n}","sourceCodeStart":431,"sourceCodeEnd":467,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3/crates/cli/src/update.rs#L431-L467","documentation":"validate_android_reported_path rejected a loaded-image path because it is not absolute. Both dladdr's dli_fname and /proc/self/maps paths are expected to be absolute; a relative one means the process runs under a transformed filesystem view (chroot/proot) or the loader produced a nonconforming path, and the updater refuses to resolve it ambiguously.","triggerScenarios":"Android self-update inside a chroot/proot sandbox or with loaders that record paths relative to an altered root, making the reported image path relative.","commonSituations":"proot-based Linux distros on Android, chrooted development environments, custom containers.","solutions":["Run the CLI and its self-update outside chroot/proot, on the normal Android filesystem","If a container is required, update by replacing the binary from outside the container","Report the relative path from the message together with the sandbox setup"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"Catch the error, detect the chroot/proot context, and either re-run outside the transformed root or perform a manual binary replacement.","preventionTips":["Run self-update on the host filesystem, not inside chroot/proot","Update containers by rebuilding or replacing files from outside","Prefer documented install locations on the normal Android filesystem"],"tags":["android","path-resolution","chroot","self-update"],"backgroundTag":"relative-path-from-os-api","analyzedSha":"0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T21:50:45.477Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}