[PATCH] readelf: handle corrupted chains better

[Mike Frysinger]

On 24 Feb 2015 09:56, Nicholas Clifton wrote:
> > 2015-02-24  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
> >
> > 	PR binutils/17531
> > 	* readelf.c (process_symbol_table): Declare chained.  Increment it
> > 	in every loop.  Abort when chained is larger than nchains.  Move
> > 	error check outside of chain loop.
> 
> Approved - please apply.

done

> (Thanks for doing this.  I knew that there was a better way to protect 
> against loops, but my brain just could not come up with it).

no worries ... i hit the same bug in a package i maintain so i figured i'd fix 
readelf too while i was at it
-mike
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