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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2016-05-09 17:31:07 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2016-05-09 17:31:07 +0100
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Fix seg fault objdumping a corrupt binary with an invalid sh_link field.
PR binutils/20063 * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_elf_syms): Check for out of range sh_link field before accessing sections array. * readelf.c (get_32bit_section_headers): Warn if an out of range sh_link or sh_info field is encountered. (get_64bit_section_headers): Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd')
-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c16
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d5edec4..29dad01 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-05-09 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR binutils/20063
+ * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_elf_syms): Check for out of range sh_link
+ field before accessing sections array.
+
2016-05-09 Christophe Monat <christophe.monat@st.com>
PR ld/20030
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 4be7d73..1592183 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -407,11 +407,17 @@ bfd_elf_get_elf_syms (bfd *ibfd,
/* Find an index section that is linked to this symtab section. */
for (entry = elf_symtab_shndx_list (ibfd); entry != NULL; entry = entry->next)
- if (sections[entry->hdr.sh_link] == symtab_hdr)
- {
- shndx_hdr = & entry->hdr;
- break;
- };
+ {
+ /* PR 20063. */
+ if (entry->hdr.sh_link >= elf_numsections (ibfd))
+ continue;
+
+ if (sections[entry->hdr.sh_link] == symtab_hdr)
+ {
+ shndx_hdr = & entry->hdr;
+ break;
+ };
+ }
if (shndx_hdr == NULL)
{