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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2009-11-24 11:17:06 -0800
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2009-11-24 11:17:06 -0800
commit1c3c269b55c84c29ec1e2c70f122c5e33fef4257 (patch)
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Fix startup to security-relevant statically linked binaries.
Before the change they crash on startup. Perform IREL relocations earlier to prevent this.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--csu/elf-init.c21
-rw-r--r--csu/libc-start.c6
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d22169..dd68e5b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-11-24 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+ * csu/elf-init.c (__libc_csu_irel): New function. Code to perform
+ irel relocations split out from...
+ (__libc_csu_init): ...here.
+ * csu/libc-start.c [!SHARED]: Call __libc_csu_irel early.
+
2009-11-23 Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/bits/stat.h: Use struct timespec
diff --git a/csu/elf-init.c b/csu/elf-init.c
index 1d2df62..1e3d6d6 100644
--- a/csu/elf-init.c
+++ b/csu/elf-init.c
@@ -72,15 +72,14 @@ extern void _fini (void);
/* These functions are passed to __libc_start_main by the startup code.
These get statically linked into each program. For dynamically linked
programs, this module will come from libc_nonshared.a and differs from
- the libc.a module in that it doesn't call the preinit array. */
+ the libc.a module in that it doesn't call the preinit array and performs
+ explicit IREL{,A} relocations. */
-void
-__libc_csu_init (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
-{
- /* For dynamically linked executables the preinit array is executed by
- the dynamic linker (before initializing any shared object. */
#ifndef LIBC_NONSHARED
+void
+__libc_csu_irel (void)
+{
# ifdef USE_MULTIARCH
# ifdef ELF_MACHINE_IRELA
{
@@ -98,7 +97,17 @@ __libc_csu_init (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
}
# endif
# endif
+}
+#endif
+
+void
+__libc_csu_init (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+ /* For dynamically linked executables the preinit array is executed by
+ the dynamic linker (before initializing any shared object. */
+
+#ifndef LIBC_NONSHARED
/* For static executables, preinit happens right before init. */
{
const size_t size = __preinit_array_end - __preinit_array_start;
diff --git a/csu/libc-start.c b/csu/libc-start.c
index 80b672f..dc7ca55 100644
--- a/csu/libc-start.c
+++ b/csu/libc-start.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
#include <bp-sym.h>
extern void __libc_init_first (int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
+#ifndef SHARED
+extern void __libc_csu_irel (void);
+#endif
extern int __libc_multiple_libcs;
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ LIBC_START_MAIN (int (*main) (int, char **, char ** MAIN_AUXVEC_DECL),
}
# endif
+ /* Performe IREL{,A} relocations. */
+ __libc_csu_irel ();
+
/* Initialize the thread library at least a bit since the libgcc
functions are using thread functions if these are available and
we need to setup errno. */