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Interceptor on arm64 breaks functions with internal backward jumps to the middle of the trampoline (offset +4) #1083

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I encountered a crash when hooking CoreFoundation's CFStringGetCharacterAtIndex on iOS/arm64 using the latest release. It overwrites the first 8 bytes of the function to place the trampoline. However, this specific function contains internal backward branches that target offset +4.

Original Disassembly

CoreFoundation`CFStringGetCharacterAtIndex:
    0x194d61494 <+0>:   tbz    x0, #0x3f, 0x194d614a0     ; <+12>
    0x194d61498 <+4>:   mov    x2, x1
    0x194d6149c <+8>:   b      0x19508f340                ; objc_msgSend$characterAtIndex:
    ...
    0x194d614cc <+56>:  tbz    w8, #0x0, 0x194d61498      ; Jumps back to +4

Hooked Disassembly

CoreFoundation`CFStringGetCharacterAtIndex:
    0x194d61494 <+0>:   adrp   x16, -595979
    0x194d61498 <+4>:   br     x16
    0x194d6149c <+8>:   b      0x19508f340                ; objc_msgSend$characterAtIndex:
    ...
    0x194d614cc <+56>:  tbz    w8, #0x0, 0x194d61498      ; Jumps to +4 (now 'br x16')

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