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vmlinux-to-elf

Convert raw Linux kernel blobs to ELF files.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Marin M. - Fossplant.re
Latest version: 1.4.0 (24 October 2026)
Latest activity: 24 October 2026
Source code: github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf

At a glance

vmlinux-to-elf is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

vmlinux-to-elf is a tool to recover a fully analyzable .ELF from a raw kernel, through extracting the kernel symbol table (kallsyms) Features: - Take a raw binary blob or ELF kernel file as an input. - Automatically detect and unpack the main compression formats used for the Linux kernel. - Find and extract the embedded kernel symbols table (kallsyms) from the input file. - Infer the instruction set architecture, endianness, bit size, relying upon other things on common function prologue signatures. - Infer the entry point of the kernel from the symbols contained in the kallsyms table. - Provide basic inference for the kernel base address. - Unpack certain types of Android boot.img files, starting with an "ANDROID!" or "UNCOMPRESSED_IMG" magic. - Produce an .ELF file fully analyzable with IDA Pro or Ghidra as an output.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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