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Make gelf_getphdr more robust?


readelf does this:

       GElf_Phdr *phdr = gelf_getphdr (ebl->elf, cnt, &mem);
…
       if (phdr->p_type == PT_INTERP)
	{
	  /* We can show the user the name of the interpreter.  */
	  size_t maxsize;
	  char *filedata = elf_rawfile (ebl->elf, &maxsize);

	  if (filedata != NULL && phdr->p_offset < maxsize)
	    printf (gettext ("\t[Requesting program interpreter: %s]\n"),
		    filedata + phdr->p_offset);
	}

The check against maxsize is insufficient, it's also required to check 
that phdr->p_filesz <= maxsize - phdr->p_offset.  Would it make sense to 
do both checks inside gelf_getphdr?

And the printf call can leak data or crash if filedata + phdr->p_offset 
is not NUL terminated (which obviously needs a crafted ELF file).  This 
can't be fixed in gelf_getphdr, alas.

-- 
Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team

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