asan: ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab heap buffer overflow

Alan Modra amodra@gmail.com
Fri Aug 5 11:26:00 GMT 2022


Fuzzed input files with sizes of .dynamic not a multiple of dynamic
tag size can result in reading past the end of the buffer with the
current simple checks.  Fix that, and use the same check in other
files that process input object .dynamic section.  (There is no need
for buffer overflow checks in the linker's generated .dynamic
section.)

	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Sanity check
	.dynamic content buffer reads.
	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Likewise.
	* elf64-ia64-vms.c (elf64_vms_link_add_object_symbols): Likewise.
	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Simplify .dynamic
	buffer sanity checks.
	* elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Avoid possible UB
	subtracting sizeof_dyn from pointer.

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 346eea39b1f..1b9b7fad15a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -1721,14 +1721,9 @@ _bfd_elf_print_private_bfd_data (bfd *abfd, void *farg)
       extdynsize = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->sizeof_dyn;
       swap_dyn_in = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->swap_dyn_in;
 
-      extdyn = dynbuf;
-      /* PR 17512: file: 6f427532.  */
-      if (s->size < extdynsize)
-	goto error_return;
-      extdynend = extdyn + s->size;
-      /* PR 17512: file: id:000006,sig:06,src:000000,op:flip4,pos:5664.
-	 Fix range check.  */
-      for (; extdyn <= (extdynend - extdynsize); extdyn += extdynsize)
+      for (extdyn = dynbuf, extdynend = dynbuf + s->size;
+	   (size_t) (extdynend - extdyn) >= extdynsize;
+	   extdyn += extdynsize)
 	{
 	  Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
 	  const char *name = "";
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 3582711d962..1f77e18133a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -1852,9 +1852,9 @@ ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abfd, long symcount, asymbol **syms,
       extdynsize = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->sizeof_dyn;
       swap_dyn_in = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->swap_dyn_in;
 
-      extdyn = dynbuf;
-      extdynend = extdyn + dynamic->size;
-      for (; extdyn < extdynend; extdyn += extdynsize)
+      for (extdyn = dynbuf, extdynend = dynbuf + dynamic->size;
+	   (size_t) (extdynend - extdyn) >= extdynsize;
+	   extdyn += extdynsize)
 	{
 	  Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
 	  (*swap_dyn_in) (abfd, extdyn, &dyn);
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ia64-vms.c b/bfd/elf64-ia64-vms.c
index 4d8f98550a3..613dacd755b 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ia64-vms.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ia64-vms.c
@@ -4845,7 +4845,7 @@ elf64_vms_link_add_object_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 	}
 
       for (extdyn = dynbuf;
-	   extdyn < dynbuf + s->size;
+	   (size_t) (dynbuf + s->size - extdyn) >= bed->s->sizeof_dyn;
 	   extdyn += bed->s->sizeof_dyn)
 	{
 	  Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index cfcd263173c..f1e482faed4 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -2513,9 +2513,9 @@ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abfd,
 	  extdynsize = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->sizeof_dyn;
 	  swap_dyn_in = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->swap_dyn_in;
 
-	  extdyn = dynbuf;
-	  extdynend = extdyn + dynamic->size;
-	  for (; extdyn < extdynend; extdyn += extdynsize)
+	  for (extdyn = dynbuf, extdynend = dynbuf + dynamic->size;
+	       (size_t) (extdynend - extdyn) >= extdynsize;
+	       extdyn += extdynsize)
 	    {
 	      Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
 	      (*swap_dyn_in) (abfd, extdyn, &dyn);
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 2b1450fa4e1..89dcf26108c 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -4406,7 +4406,7 @@ elf_link_add_object_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 	  shlink = elf_elfsections (abfd)[elfsec]->sh_link;
 
 	  for (extdyn = dynbuf;
-	       extdyn <= dynbuf + s->size - bed->s->sizeof_dyn;
+	       (size_t) (dynbuf + s->size - extdyn) >= bed->s->sizeof_dyn;
 	       extdyn += bed->s->sizeof_dyn)
 	    {
 	      Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
@@ -8219,9 +8219,9 @@ bfd_elf_get_bfd_needed_list (bfd *abfd,
   extdynsize = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->sizeof_dyn;
   swap_dyn_in = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->swap_dyn_in;
 
-  extdyn = dynbuf;
-  extdynend = extdyn + s->size;
-  for (; extdyn < extdynend; extdyn += extdynsize)
+  for (extdyn = dynbuf, extdynend = dynbuf + s->size;
+       (size_t) (extdynend - extdyn) >= extdynsize;
+       extdyn += extdynsize)
     {
       Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
 

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM


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