[PATCH] bfd/elf-attrs.c: Fix possible infinite loop parsing attributes
Will Newton
will.newton@linaro.org
Wed Nov 5 15:28:00 GMT 2014
Handle the case of a zero length section or sub-section in
_bfd_elf_parse_attributes and in doing so prevent an infinite loop
in the parser.
bfd/ChangeLog:
2014-11-05 Will Newton <will.newton@linaro.org>
* elf-attrs.c (_bfd_elf_parse_attributes): Handle zero
length sections and sub-sections.
---
bfd/elf-attrs.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/bfd/elf-attrs.c b/bfd/elf-attrs.c
index cd0cbca..6bc2944 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-attrs.c
+++ b/bfd/elf-attrs.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ _bfd_elf_parse_attributes (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr * hdr)
section_len = bfd_get_32 (abfd, p);
p += 4;
+ if (section_len == 0)
+ break;
if (section_len > len)
section_len = len;
len -= section_len;
@@ -487,6 +489,8 @@ _bfd_elf_parse_attributes (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr * hdr)
p += n;
subsection_len = bfd_get_32 (abfd, p);
p += 4;
+ if (subsection_len == 0)
+ break;
if (subsection_len > section_len)
subsection_len = section_len;
section_len -= subsection_len;
--
1.9.3
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