PS3Cobra Payload Reverse Engineering

Description

Dongle is DRM to make sure you have the dongle, the firmware 'special' functionality will not work without it.
Hardwarewise, there are many simularities with PSJB2/TrueBlue

The Ps3Cobra implements syscall 8 and moves syscall 0 into the payload. It does some heavy patching on Lv2 code

Lv2 Patches of Cobra Payload 1.2

offset	psgroove	cobra 1.2	cobra 2.0	comment
9134			patched
4F0A8	bl sub_50B44	bl sub_500250
4FC2C	beq cr7, loc_4FC4C	nop
505D0	li %r3, 1	b sub_5008E0
50B48	patched	unpatched ?
572B8	extsw %r3, %r31	li %r3, 0
5741C	bl sub_288568	nop
1C00EC	stdu %sp, var_150(%sp)	b sub_5003A8
1C26EC	stdu %sp, var_D0(%sp)	b sub_500448
1CF8A8	stdu %sp, var_B0(%sp)	b sub_5004C8
25EC18	bl sub_12934	bl sub_500960
271AF0	stdu %sp, var_B0(%sp)	b loc_500808	b loc_500818	(syscall864) Again, wrong here, loc_500808 is a bad jump. this is 1.2!
273F80	stdu %sp, var_B0(%sp)	b sub_500878	b sub_500990	(syscall867)you have a critical mistake, sub_500878 IS WRONG, :), if you jump here you crash your lv2 YOUR CRITICAL MISTAKE WAS ONLY PUT 1.2, NOW YOU FIX IT, THANKS didn't meant to be rude, sry :)
29245C	stdu %sp, var_100(%sp)	b sub_5005A8
292598	ld %r11, stru_3403A0.base_addr_toc+8	b sub_5006D8
293A18	ld %r9, stru_3403A0.base_addr_toc+8	b sub_500540
296550	stdu %sp, var_D0(%sp)	b sub_500640		(syscall606)
296928	stdu %sp, var_D0(%sp)	b sub_500770		(syscall619)
29BD48	b sub_11850	b sub_500358
2AAFC8	b sub_50B48	b sub_5002F0
2AB3FC	unpatched	b sub_5002A0		(PS2 EMU?)

Hardware Dongle

Dongle 1.0

PS3Cobra - TOP

Components

Actel ProASIC3 A3P060 - FPGA

U2

  A3P060 = 60,000 System Gates
  blank = Speed Grade: Standard
  VQ = Package Type: Very Thin Quad Flat Pack (0.5mm pitch)
  G = Lead-Free Packaging: RoHS-Compliant (Green)
  100 = Package Lead Count : 100 pins
  blank = Security Feature : no IP license
  blank = Temperature Range: Commercial (0°C to +70°C Ambient Temperature)

128-bit AES
1,024 bits of user flash memory
Datasheets and usermanuals: http://www.actel.com/products/pa3/docs.aspx#ds
Familyroot: http://www.actel.com/products/pa3/

Pinout A3P060 VQ100

Actel ProASIC3 A3P060 - FPGA (Cobra) VQ100 package

Pin	Function	Notes
1	GND	Ground
2	GAA2/IO118UDB3
3	IO118VDB3
4	GAB2/IO117UDB3
5	IO117VDB3
6	GAC2/IO116UDB3
7	IO116VDB3
8	IO112PSB3
9	GND	Ground
10	GFB1/IO109PDB3
11	GFB0/IO109NDB3
12	VCOMPLF
13	GFA0/IO108NPB3
14	VCCPLF
15	GFA1/IO108PPB3
16	GFA2/IO107PSB3
17	VCC
18	VCCIB3
19	GFC2/IO105PSB3
20	GEC1/IO100PDB3
21	GEC0/IO100NDB3
22	GEA1/IO98PDB3
23	GEA0/IO98NDB3
24	VMV3
25	GNDQ	Ground
26	GEA2/IO97RSB2
27	GEB2/IO96RSB2
28	GEC2/IO95RSB2
29	IO93RSB2
30	IO92RSB2
31	IO91RSB2
32	IO90RSB2
33	IO88RSB2
34	IO86RSB2
35	IO85RSB2
36	IO84RSB2
37	VCC
38	GND	Ground
39	VCCIB2
40	IO77RSB2
41	IO74RSB2
42	IO71RSB2
43	GDC2/IO63RSB2
44	GDB2/IO62RSB2
45	GDA2/IO61RSB2
46	GNDQ	Ground
47	TCK
48	TDI
49	TMS
50	VMV2
51	GND	Ground
52	VPUMP
53	NC
54	TDO
55	TRST
56	VJTAG
57	GDA1/IO60USB1
58	GDC0/IO58VDB1
59	GDC1/IO58UDB1
60	IO52NDB1
61	GCB2/IO52PDB1
62	GCA1/IO50PDB1
63	GCA0/IO50NDB1
64	GCC0/IO48NDB1
65	GCC1/IO48PDB1
66	VCCIB1
67	GND	Ground
68	VCC
69	IO43NDB1
70	GBC2/IO43PDB1
71	GBB2/IO42PSB1
72	IO41NDB1
73	GBA2/IO41PDB1
74	VMV1
75	GNDQ	Ground
76	GBA1/IO40RSB0
77	GBA0/IO39RSB0
78	GBB1/IO38RSB0
79	GBB0/IO37RSB0
80	GBC1/IO36RSB0
81	GBC0/IO35RSB0
82	IO29RSB0
83	IO27RSB0
84	IO25RSB0
85	IO23RSB0
86	IO21RSB0
87	VCCIB0
88	GND	Ground
89	VCC
90	IO15RSB0
91	IO13RSB0
92	IO11RSB0
93	GAC1/IO05RSB0
94	GAC0/IO04RSB0
95	GAB1/IO03RSB0
96	GAB0/IO02RSB0
97	GAA1/IO01RSB0
98	GAA0/IO00RSB0
99	GNDQ	Ground
100	VMV0

24.000 MHz Crystal

Y1
CLK for Actel

12.000 MHz Crystal

Y2?
CLK for Atmel

AMS1117 3.3 1032 - Low Dropout Linear Regulator

U3
Datasheet: http://www.sltdigital.com/product/product_pdf/AMS1117.pdf / http://home1.cyber-labo.co.jp/board/goods/pdf/AMS1117.pdf
File:AMS1117 - SOT-223.png

A 47 (unreferenced 5pin IC : U4)

U4
A 47
File:SOT5.PNG

Atmel ATmega 16A (16MHz AVR - 16KB flash - USB stack + DFU)

U5
ISP via pin 1 (MOSI), 2 (MISO), 3 (SCK), 4 (Reset)
datasheet: Atmel-ATMega16A.pdf (6.93 MB)

Atmel ATMega16A
QFN44 pinout

Pin	Function	Notes
1	(MOSI) PB5
2	(MISO) PB6
3	(SCK) PB7
4	RESET
5	VCC
6	GND
7	XTAL2
8	XTAL1
9	(RXD) PD0
10	(TXD) PD1
11	(INT0) PD2
12	(INT1) PD3
13	(OC1B) PD4
14	(OC1A) PD5
15	(ICP1) PD6
16	(OC2) PD7
17	VCC
18	GND
19	(SCL) PC0
20	(SDA) PC1
21	(TCK) PC2
22	(TMS) PC3
23	(TDO) PC4
24	(TDI) PC5
25	(TOSC1) PC6
26	(TOSC2) PC7
27	AVCC
28	GND
29	AREF
30	(ADC7) PA7
31	(ADC6) PA6
32	(ADC5) PA5
33	(ADC4) PA4
34	(ADC3) PA3
35	(ADC2) PA2
36	(ADC1) PA1
37	(ADC0) PA0
38	VCC
39	GND
40	(XCK/T0) PB0
41	(T1) PB1
42	(AIN0/INT2) PB2
43	(AIN1/OC0) PB3
44	(SS) PB4

Winbond 25X16AVS1G (SPI Flash 16Mbit)

8-pin TSSOP
Winbond 25X16A
SOIC-8 pinout

U1

W - Winbond
25X - SPI Flash
16 - 16Mbit / 2M-byte (Uniform 4Kbyte sectors/64Kbyte blocks)
AVS1G - 100MHz (200Mbits/sec)

datasheet: W25X16A.pdf (1.3 MB)
Note: can use Bus Ninja or Bus Pirate and FlashROM - ISP is possible, so long as no other devices on the SPI bus are trying to access the device (in that case, you might want to cut Vcc to the FPGA or the regulator for it).

Pin	Usage	Remarks
1	/CS	Chip Select
2	DO	Data output
3	/WP	Write Protect
4	GND	Ground
5	DIO	Serial data input/output
6	CLK	Serial Clock
7	/HOLD	Hold
8	VCC	Vcc (min 2.7-max 3.6V)