You can see code like this in GDB:
0x3001ce2b : movzx edx,BYTE PTR [ebp-80] <- 80 is decimal
0x3001ce2f : mov eax,DWORD PTR [ebx+0x206c2] <- 0x206c2 is hexadecimal
If you try to do a x/x $ebp-80, you will get the wrong address because the default input radix is hexadecimal and not decimal.
But in the next line, it’s hexadecimal. I haven’t searched much about this, but it seems the decimal is used due to alignment.
The “fix” is to change the input radix or convert the 80 to hexadecimal. I prefer to change the radix to the correct one, dump the value and then change back to hexa if I need. Yeah I’m lazy !
From GDB manual:
You can always enter numbers in octal, decimal, or hexadecimal in GDB by the usual conventions:
octal numbers begin with ‘0’, decimal numbers end with ‘.’, and hexadecimal numbers begin with ‘0x’.
Numbers that begin with none of these are, by default, entered in base 10; likewise, the default display for numbers–when no particular format is specified–is base 10.
You can change the default base for both input and output with the set radix command.
set input-radix base Set the default base for numeric input. Supported choices for base are decimal 8, 10, or 16. base must itself be specified either unambiguously or using the current default radix; for example, any of
set radix 012
set radix 10
set radix 0xa
sets the base to decimal. On the other hand, set radix 1 leaves the radix unchanged no matter what it was.set output-radix base
Set the default base for numeric display. Supported choices for base are decimal 8, 10, or 16. base must itself be specified either unambiguously or using the current default radix.show input-radix
Display the current default base for numeric input.show output-radix
Display the current default base for numeric display.