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ps5-payload-sdk

This is an SDK for developing payloads targeted at exploited PS5s. ELF loaders known to work include:

Several artifacts in this repository originate from the PS5SDK project.

Prerequisites

On Debian-flavored operating systems, you can invoke the following commands to install dependencies used by the SDK.

john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade # optional
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo apt-get install bash clang-18 lld-18 # required
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo apt-get install socat cmake meson pkg-config # optional

If you are using Fedora, you can install dependencies as follows (tested with version 41):

john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo dnf install bash llvm-devel clang lld # required
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo dnf install socat cmake meson pkg-config # optional

If you are using macOS, you can install them using the Homebrew Package Manager (tested with macOS Sequoia):

john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ brew install llvm@18 # required
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ export LLVM_CONFIG=/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@18/bin/llvm-config # required
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ brew install socat cmake meson # optional

Quick-start

You can download a binary distribution of the SDK from the latest release page, then install it to your local storage, e.g,

john@localhost:tmp$ wget https://github.com/ps5-payload-dev/sdk/releases/latest/download/ps5-payload-sdk.zip
john@localhost:tmp$ sudo unzip -d /opt ps5-payload-sdk.zip

Assuming you have all the prerequisites and you are on a POSIX system, the binary distribution should work regardless of CPU architecture, e.g., x86_64, aarch64.

Usage

john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ export PS5_PAYLOAD_SDK=/opt/ps5-payload-sdk
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ make -C samples/hello_world
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ export PS5_HOST=ps5; export PS5_PORT=9021
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ make -C samples/hello_world test

Building the SDK

john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo make DESTDIR=/opt/ps5-payload-sdk install
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ export PS5_PAYLOAD_SDK=/opt/ps5-payload-sdk
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo -E ./libcxx.sh # fetch, build, and install libcxx

Adding new SCE Libs

If you have decrypted sprx files that you would like to interact with, you can build stubs for them as follows:

john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo apt-get install wget python3 python3-pyelftools
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ ln -s /path/to/sprx/libSceXYZ.sprx sce_stubs/libSceXYZ.sprx
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ make -C sce_stubs stubs
john@localhost:ps5-payload-dev/sdk$ sudo make DESTDIR=/opt/ps5-payload-sdk install

Reporting Bugs

If you encounter problems with the SDK, please file a github issue. If you plan on sending pull requests which affect more than a few lines of code, please file an issue before you start to work on you changes. This will allow us to discuss the solution properly before you commit time and effort.

License

Files in the folder include/freebsd are licenced under BSD licences. Unless otherwhise explicitly stated inside a file, the rest are licensed under the GPLv3+.