{"record":{"id":"da0b7c1cdc4aac8e","repo":"NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra","slug":"cannot-find-process-containing-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Cannot find process containing %s","messagePattern":"Cannot find process containing (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"IllegalStateException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-rmi-trace/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/service/tracermi/TraceRmiTarget.java","lineNumber":1197,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tthrow new AssertionError(\"Should be sequential\");\n\t\t});\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic CompletableFuture<Void> writeMemoryAsync(Address address, byte[] data) {\n\t\tMatchedMethod writeMem =\n\t\t\tmatches.getBest(WriteMemMatcher.class, null, ActionName.WRITE_MEM, WriteMemMatcher.ALL);\n\t\tif (writeMem == null) {\n\t\t\treturn AsyncUtils.nil();\n\t\t}\n\t\tMap<String, Object> args = new HashMap<>();\n\t\targs.put(writeMem.params.get(\"start\").name(), address);\n\t\targs.put(writeMem.params.get(\"data\").name(), data);\n\t\tRemoteParameter paramProcess = writeMem.params.get(\"process\");\n\t\tif (paramProcess != null) {\n\t\t\tTraceObject process = getProcessForSpace(address.getAddressSpace());\n\t\t\tif (process == null) {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new IllegalStateException(\"Cannot find process containing \" + address);\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\targs.put(paramProcess.name(), process);\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn writeMem.method.invokeAsync(args).toCompletableFuture().thenApply(__ -> null);\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic CompletableFuture<Void> readRegistersAsync(TracePlatform platform, TraceThread thread,\n\t\t\tint frame, Set<Register> registers) {\n\t\tMatchedMethod readRegs =\n\t\t\tmatches.getBest(ReadRegsMatcher.class, null, ActionName.REFRESH, ReadRegsMatcher.ALL);\n\t\tif (readRegs == null) {\n\t\t\treturn AsyncUtils.nil();\n\t\t}\n\t\tTraceObject container = thread.getObject().findRegisterContainer(frame);\n\t\tif (container == null) {\n\t\t\tMsg.error(this,\n\t\t\t\t\"Cannot find register container for thread,frame: \" + thread + \",\" + frame);","sourceCodeStart":1179,"sourceCodeEnd":1215,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/d5f144c24d6bc53c9cbf4448c6d11143e7696206/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-rmi-trace/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/service/tracermi/TraceRmiTarget.java#L1179-L1215","documentation":"Thrown in TraceRmiTarget's memory-write path when the matched WriteMem method has a 'process' parameter, but getProcessForSpace(address.getAddressSpace()) returns null — meaning no process object is associated with that address space. The write needs a process context but none exists for the space the address belongs to.","triggerScenarios":"Writing memory to an address space for which the target has not reported/activated a process; writing before the process object is created or after it is removed; address space not mapped to any process in the object tree.","commonSituations":"Calling writeMem before the debugger has reported the process; writing to a kernel/other space that has no owning process; process was disposed/exited; the target's schema does not link the space to a process.","solutions":["Ensure a process is created and activated for the relevant address space before writing memory (activate the process/inferior).","Write to the space of the currently active process rather than an unrelated space.","If the space genuinely has no process, use a memory API path that does not require a process parameter."],"exampleFix":"// before\ntarget.writeMem(platform, address, data, monitor); // space has no process\n\n// after\n// activate/refresh the process so getProcessForSpace resolves first\nprocess = target.getProcessForSpace(address.getAddressSpace());\nif (process == null) {\n    target.activate(frame); // ensure process object exists\n}","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"TraceObject proc = target.getProcessForSpace(address.getAddressSpace());\nif (proc == null) {\n    throw new IllegalStateException(\"no process for space \" + address.getAddressSpace());\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try {\n    target.writeMem(platform, address, data, monitor);\n} catch (IllegalStateException e) {\n    // no process for this space; activate process first\n}","preventionTips":["Activate/refresh the process so a process object exists for the space before writing memory.","Write to the active process's address space rather than unrelated spaces.","Ensure the target schema links the address space to a process."],"tags":["trace-rmi","memory","process","target"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"d5f144c24d6bc53c9cbf4448c6d11143e7696206","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T01:00:57.564Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-14T05:17:29.042Z"}