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authorPavel I. Kryukov <kryukov@frtk.ru>2017-10-03 22:42:07 +0300
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2017-10-04 14:24:21 +1030
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PR22245, Fix potential UB in bfd_set_error
Passing enum as a first argument to variadic argument function may lead to undefined behavior. The explanation on CERT site: https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusplus/ EXP58-CPP.+Pass+an+object+of+the+correct+type+to+va_start The bug was found by Kirill Nedostoev (nedostoev.ka@phystech.edu) when he tried to build GNU binutils with Clang 7. PR 22245 * bfd.c (bfd_set_error): Avoid UB on passing arg to va_start that undergoes default promotion. * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--bfd/bfd-in2.h2
-rw-r--r--bfd/bfd.c4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9ef407c..ce948c8 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2017-10-04 Pavel I. Kryukov <kryukov@frtk.ru>
+
+ PR 22245
+ * bfd.c (bfd_set_error): Avoid UB on passing arg to va_start that
+ undergoes default promotion.
+ * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+
2017-10-02 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Fix comment typo.
diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index d126aed..62be566 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -7054,7 +7054,7 @@ bfd_error_type;
bfd_error_type bfd_get_error (void);
-void bfd_set_error (bfd_error_type error_tag, ...);
+void bfd_set_error (int error_tag, ...);
const char *bfd_errmsg (bfd_error_type error_tag);
diff --git a/bfd/bfd.c b/bfd/bfd.c
index 665f182..5da1a6f 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd.c
+++ b/bfd/bfd.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ FUNCTION
bfd_set_error
SYNOPSIS
- void bfd_set_error (bfd_error_type error_tag, ...);
+ void bfd_set_error (int error_tag, ...);
DESCRIPTION
Set the BFD error condition to be @var{error_tag}.
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
*/
void
-bfd_set_error (bfd_error_type error_tag, ...)
+bfd_set_error (int error_tag, ...)
{
bfd_error = error_tag;
if (error_tag == bfd_error_on_input)