meaningless p_offset for zero p_filesz PT_LOAD
Alan Modra
amodra@gmail.com
Sun Mar 9 11:12:35 GMT 2025
Maybe I should have stayed with WONTFIX for pr25237..
This patch avoids generating PT_LOAD segments that trip a bug in
glibc's loader.
PR 25237
PR 32763
* elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_load_sections): Don't put
p_offset zero for empty PT_LOAD.
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 20f96e689ce..ee89dd909da 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -6170,7 +6170,10 @@ assign_file_positions_for_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
align = p->p_align;
if (align < 1)
align = 1;
- p->p_offset = off % align;
+ /* Avoid p_offset of zero, which might be wrongly
+ interpreted as the segment being the first one,
+ containing the file header. PR32763. */
+ p->p_offset = (off + align - 1) % align + 1;
}
}
else
--
Alan Modra
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