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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2017-04-03 12:14:06 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2017-04-03 12:14:06 +0100
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readelf: Fix overlarge memory allocation when reading a binary with an excessive number of program headers.
PR binutils/21345 * readelf.c (get_program_headers): Check for there being too many program headers before attempting to allocate space for them.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--binutils/readelf.c17
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 438ea7f..5d81b35 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2017-04-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ PR binutils/21345
+ * readelf.c (get_program_headers): Check for there being too many
+ program headers before attempting to allocate space for them.
+
+2017-04-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
PR binutils/21344
* readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Check for an out of range GOT
entry before reading the module pointer.
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 3665221..b573921 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -4794,9 +4794,19 @@ get_program_headers (FILE * file)
if (program_headers != NULL)
return TRUE;
- phdrs = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) cmalloc (elf_header.e_phnum,
- sizeof (Elf_Internal_Phdr));
+ /* Be kind to memory checkers by looking for
+ e_phnum values which we know must be invalid. */
+ if (elf_header.e_phnum
+ * (is_32bit_elf ? sizeof (Elf32_External_Phdr) : sizeof (Elf64_External_Phdr))
+ >= current_file_size)
+ {
+ error (_("Too many program headers - %#x - the file is not that big\n"),
+ elf_header.e_phnum);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ phdrs = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) cmalloc (elf_header.e_phnum,
+ sizeof (Elf_Internal_Phdr));
if (phdrs == NULL)
{
error (_("Out of memory reading %u program headers\n"),
@@ -15470,7 +15480,8 @@ process_mips_specific (FILE * file)
/* PR 21344 */
if (data + ent - pltgot > data_end - addr_size)
{
- error (_("Invalid got entry - %#lx - overflows GOT table\n"), ent);
+ error (_("Invalid got entry - %#lx - overflows GOT table\n"),
+ (long) ent);
goto got_print_fail;
}