binutils/

	* readelf.c (get_file_header): Only read the first section header if
	e_shoff is non-zero.

bfd/
	* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Sanity check eh_shoff == 0 implies
	e_shnum == 0.
	Only read the first section header if e_shoff is non-zero.
	Don't consider e_shstrndx if there are no sections.

4 files changed, 46 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 813e758..0ba7f4f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-06-18  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Sanity check eh_shoff == 0 implies
+	e_shnum == 0.
+	Only read the first section header if e_shoff is non-zero.
+	Don't consider e_shstrndx if there are no sections.
+
 2002-06-17  Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
 
 	* elf32-d10v.c (elf_d10v_howto_table): Change R_D10V_10_PCREL_R,
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 3e29c02..f782985 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
   if (i_ehdrp->e_shentsize != sizeof (x_shdr) && i_ehdrp->e_shnum != 0)
     goto got_wrong_format_error;
 
+  /* Further sanity check.  */
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_shoff == 0 && i_ehdrp->e_shnum != 0)
+    goto got_wrong_format_error;
+
   ebd = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
 
   /* Check that the ELF e_machine field matches what this particular
@@ -677,25 +681,28 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
   /* Remember the entry point specified in the ELF file header.  */
   bfd_set_start_address (abfd, i_ehdrp->e_entry);
 
-  /* Seek to the section header table in the file.  */
-  if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) i_ehdrp->e_shoff, SEEK_SET) != 0)
-    goto got_no_match;
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_shoff != 0)
+    {
+      /* Seek to the section header table in the file.  */
+      if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) i_ehdrp->e_shoff, SEEK_SET) != 0)
+	goto got_no_match;
 
-  /* Read the first section header at index 0, and convert to internal
-     form.  */
-  if (bfd_bread ((PTR) & x_shdr, (bfd_size_type) sizeof x_shdr, abfd)
-      != sizeof (x_shdr))
-    goto got_no_match;
-  elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, &i_shdr);
+      /* Read the first section header at index 0, and convert to internal
+	 form.  */
+      if (bfd_bread ((PTR) & x_shdr, (bfd_size_type) sizeof x_shdr, abfd)
+	  != sizeof (x_shdr))
+	goto got_no_match;
+      elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, &i_shdr);
 
-  /* If the section count is zero, the actual count is in the first
-     section header.  */
-  if (i_ehdrp->e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF)
-    i_ehdrp->e_shnum = i_shdr.sh_size;
+      /* If the section count is zero, the actual count is in the first
+	 section header.  */
+      if (i_ehdrp->e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF)
+	i_ehdrp->e_shnum = i_shdr.sh_size;
 
-  /* And similarly for the string table index.  */
-  if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx == SHN_XINDEX)
-    i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx = i_shdr.sh_link;
+      /* And similarly for the string table index.  */
+      if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx == SHN_XINDEX)
+	i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx = i_shdr.sh_link;
+    }
 
   /* Allocate space for a copy of the section header table in
      internal form.  */
@@ -751,7 +758,7 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
 	}
     }
 
-  if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx)
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx && i_ehdrp->e_shoff)
     {
       if (! bfd_section_from_shdr (abfd, i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx))
 	goto got_no_match;
@@ -789,7 +796,7 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
      bfd_section_from_shdr with it (since this particular strtab is
      used to find all of the ELF section names.) */
 
-  if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx != 0)
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx != 0 && i_ehdrp->e_shoff)
     {
       unsigned int num_sec;
 
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 26c052f..2463d81 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-06-18  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (get_file_header): Only read the first section header if
+	e_shoff is non-zero.
+
 2002-06-15  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)
 
 	* nm.c (print_size): New variable. Initialize to 0.
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 0953109..4649b9b 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -9711,12 +9711,15 @@ get_file_header (file)
       elf_header.e_shstrndx  = BYTE_GET (ehdr64.e_shstrndx);
     }
 
-  /* There may be some extensions in the first section header.  Don't
-     bomb if we can't read it.  */
-  if (is_32bit_elf)
-    get_32bit_section_headers (file, 1);
-  else
-    get_64bit_section_headers (file, 1);
+  if (elf_header.e_shoff)
+    {
+      /* There may be some extensions in the first section header.  Don't
+	 bomb if we can't read it.  */
+      if (is_32bit_elf)
+	get_32bit_section_headers (file, 1);
+      else
+	get_64bit_section_headers (file, 1);
+    }
 
   return 1;
 }