[PATCH] elf: Don't match corrupt section header
H.J. Lu
hjl.tools@gmail.com
Thu Sep 18 23:59:25 GMT 2025
Don't swap in nor match corrupt section header to avoid linker crash
later.
PR ld/33457
* elfcode.h (elf_swap_shdr_in): Changed to return bool. Return
false for corrupt section header.
(elf_object_p): Don't match corrupt section header.
Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
---
bfd/elfcode.h | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 9c65852e103..04a51918a0e 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ elf_swap_ehdr_out (bfd *abfd,
/* Translate an ELF section header table entry in external format into an
ELF section header table entry in internal format. */
-static void
+static bool
elf_swap_shdr_in (bfd *abfd,
const Elf_External_Shdr *src,
Elf_Internal_Shdr *dst)
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ elf_swap_shdr_in (bfd *abfd,
{
_bfd_error_handler (_("warning: %pB has a section "
"extending past end of file"), abfd);
- abfd->read_only = 1;
+ /* Don't match corrupt section header: PR ld/33457. */
+ return false;
}
}
dst->sh_link = H_GET_32 (abfd, src->sh_link);
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ elf_swap_shdr_in (bfd *abfd,
dst->sh_entsize = H_GET_WORD (abfd, src->sh_entsize);
dst->bfd_section = NULL;
dst->contents = NULL;
+ return true;
}
/* Translate an ELF section header table entry in internal format into an
@@ -642,9 +644,9 @@ elf_object_p (bfd *abfd)
/* Read the first section header at index 0, and convert to internal
form. */
- if (bfd_read (&x_shdr, sizeof x_shdr, abfd) != sizeof (x_shdr))
+ if (bfd_read (&x_shdr, sizeof x_shdr, abfd) != sizeof (x_shdr)
+ || !elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, &i_shdr))
goto got_no_match;
- elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, &i_shdr);
/* If the section count is zero, the actual count is in the first
section header. */
@@ -730,9 +732,9 @@ elf_object_p (bfd *abfd)
to internal form. */
for (shindex = 1; shindex < i_ehdrp->e_shnum; shindex++)
{
- if (bfd_read (&x_shdr, sizeof x_shdr, abfd) != sizeof (x_shdr))
+ if (bfd_read (&x_shdr, sizeof x_shdr, abfd) != sizeof (x_shdr)
+ || !elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, i_shdrp + shindex))
goto got_no_match;
- elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, i_shdrp + shindex);
/* Sanity check sh_link and sh_info. */
if (i_shdrp[shindex].sh_link >= num_sec)
--
2.51.0
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