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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-05-18 15:21:04 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-05-18 15:30:09 +0200
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elf: Assert that objects are relocated before their constructors run
If we try to run constructors before relocation, this is always a dynamic linker bug. An assert is easier to notice than a call via an invalid function pointer (which may not even produce a valid call stack). Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'elf')
-rw-r--r--elf/dl-init.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/elf/dl-init.c b/elf/dl-init.c
index 1234611..518824e 100644
--- a/elf/dl-init.c
+++ b/elf/dl-init.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+#include <assert.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <ldsodefs.h>
#include <elf-initfini.h>
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ typedef void (*init_t) (int, char **, char **);
static void
call_init (struct link_map *l, int argc, char **argv, char **env)
{
+ /* If the object has not been relocated, this is a bug. The
+ function pointers are invalid in this case. (Executables do not
+ need relocation, and neither do proxy objects.) */
+ assert (l->l_real->l_relocated || l->l_real->l_type == lt_executable);
+
if (l->l_init_called)
/* This object is all done. */
return;