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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2013-02-15 14:37:39 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2013-02-15 14:37:39 +0000
commita043396b72d17ae87267b534aa98457a0702f5c8 (patch)
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PR binutils/15140
* ar.c (open_inarch): Fail on attempts to convert a normal archive to a thin archive or vice versa. * elfcomm.c (make_qualified_name): Handle corrupted thin archives. * readelf.c (process_archive): Likewise. * doc/binutils.texi: Clarify documentation describing thin archives. * archive.c (_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Prevent an infinite loop accessing a corrupt nested archive.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/archive.c')
-rw-r--r--bfd/archive.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/archive.c b/bfd/archive.c
index e4183ea..4b6a81c 100644
--- a/bfd/archive.c
+++ b/bfd/archive.c
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
/* BFD back-end for archive files (libraries).
- Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
- 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright 1990-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Cygnus Support. Mostly Gumby Henkel-Wallace's fault.
This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -619,6 +617,7 @@ _bfd_append_relative_path (bfd *arch, char *elt_name)
bfd *
_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos (bfd *archive, file_ptr filepos)
{
+ static file_ptr prev_filepos;
struct areltdata *new_areldata;
bfd *n_nfd;
char *filename;
@@ -626,6 +625,12 @@ _bfd_get_elt_at_filepos (bfd *archive, file_ptr filepos)
n_nfd = _bfd_look_for_bfd_in_cache (archive, filepos);
if (n_nfd)
return n_nfd;
+ /* PR15140: Prevent an inifnite recursion scanning a malformed nested archive. */
+ if (filepos == prev_filepos)
+ {
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_malformed_archive);
+ return NULL;
+ }
if (0 > bfd_seek (archive, filepos, SEEK_SET))
return NULL;
@@ -634,6 +639,7 @@ _bfd_get_elt_at_filepos (bfd *archive, file_ptr filepos)
return NULL;
filename = new_areldata->filename;
+ prev_filepos = filepos;
if (bfd_is_thin_archive (archive))
{