[binutils-gdb] bfd_get_symbol_leading_char vs. ""

Alan Modra amodra@sourceware.org
Wed Aug 23 01:46:24 GMT 2023


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8c8145a43ee4815b8851f8da7091c04f551dff6e

commit 8c8145a43ee4815b8851f8da7091c04f551dff6e
Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 22 21:13:41 2023 +0930

    bfd_get_symbol_leading_char vs. ""
    
    Some places matching the first char of a string against
    bfd_get_symbol_leading_char, which may be zero, didn't check for the
    string being "".  This patch adds the check to stop accesses past the
    end of the string and potential buffer overruns.
    The dlltool one was found by oss-fuzz quite a while ago.
    
    bfd/
            * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_link_input_bfd): Ensure a zero
            bfd_get_symbol_leading_char doesn't lead to accessing past the
            zero string terminator.
            * linker.c (bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup): Likewise.
            (unwrap_hash_lookup): Likewise.
    binutils/
            * dlltool.c (scan_filtered_symbols): Ensure a zero
            bfd_get_symbol_leading_char doesn't lead to accessing past the
            zero string terminator.

Diff:
---
 bfd/cofflink.c     | 3 ++-
 bfd/linker.c       | 9 ++++++---
 binutils/dlltool.c | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c
index aea5c4c38a5..221f6e8183a 100644
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -1618,7 +1618,8 @@ _bfd_coff_link_input_bfd (struct coff_final_link_info *flaginfo, bfd *input_bfd)
 	  /* Ignore fake names invented by compiler; treat them all as
 	     the same name.  */
 	  if (*name == '~' || *name == '.' || *name == '$'
-	      || (*name == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (input_bfd)
+	      || (*name
+		  && *name == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (input_bfd)
 		  && (name[1] == '~' || name[1] == '.' || name[1] == '$')))
 	    name = "";
 
diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index 0f4f9a1776c..28fffc3ad63 100644
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -544,7 +544,9 @@ bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup (bfd *abfd,
       char prefix = '\0';
 
       l = string;
-      if (*l == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (abfd) || *l == info->wrap_char)
+      if (*l
+	  && (*l == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (abfd)
+	      || *l == info->wrap_char))
 	{
 	  prefix = *l;
 	  ++l;
@@ -621,8 +623,9 @@ unwrap_hash_lookup (struct bfd_link_info *info,
 {
   const char *l = h->root.string;
 
-  if (*l == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (input_bfd)
-      || *l == info->wrap_char)
+  if (*l
+      && (*l == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (input_bfd)
+	  || *l == info->wrap_char))
     ++l;
 
   if (startswith (l, WRAP))
diff --git a/binutils/dlltool.c b/binutils/dlltool.c
index 085d4c2ce41..6d63e11e084 100644
--- a/binutils/dlltool.c
+++ b/binutils/dlltool.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,8 @@ scan_filtered_symbols (bfd *abfd, void *minisyms, long symcount,
 	bfd_fatal (bfd_get_filename (abfd));
 
       symbol_name = bfd_asymbol_name (sym);
-      if (bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (abfd) == symbol_name[0])
+      if (*symbol_name
+	  && *symbol_name == bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (abfd))
 	++symbol_name;
 
       def_exports (xstrdup (symbol_name) , 0, -1, 0, 0,


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