[PATCH 09/13] gdb/elfread: remove use of sprintf
Andrew Burgess
aburgess@redhat.com
Mon Aug 17 16:38:07 GMT 2026
Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com> writes:
> When building on macOS, I get:
>
> /Users/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/elfread.c:813:3: error: 'sprintf' is deprecated: This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead. [-Werror,-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> 813 | sprintf (name_got_plt, "%s" SYMBOL_GOT_PLT_SUFFIX, name);
> | ^
>
> Change this use of sprintf with an std::string, which also allows
> getting rid of a use of alloca.
+1 for alloca removal!
Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Thanks,
Andrew
>
> Change-Id: I296e25c863463ef05eca582c8303557570d63cf0
> ---
> gdb/elfread.c | 14 ++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c
> index e3890ae0270c..fcbd0176d08f 100644
> --- a/gdb/elfread.c
> +++ b/gdb/elfread.c
> @@ -804,20 +804,17 @@ static int
> elf_gnu_ifunc_resolve_by_got (const char *name, CORE_ADDR *addr_p)
> {
> gnu_ifunc_debug_printf ("resolving \"%s\" by GOT", name);
> - char *name_got_plt;
> - const size_t got_suffix_len = strlen (SYMBOL_GOT_PLT_SUFFIX);
> int found = 0;
> const char *func = __func__;
>
> - name_got_plt = (char *) alloca (strlen (name) + got_suffix_len + 1);
> - sprintf (name_got_plt, "%s" SYMBOL_GOT_PLT_SUFFIX, name);
> + std::string name_got_plt = std::string (name) + SYMBOL_GOT_PLT_SUFFIX;
>
> /* FIXME: we only search the initial namespace.
>
> To search other namespaces, we would need to provide context, e.g. in
> form of an objfile in that namespace. */
> current_program_space->iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order
> - ([name, name_got_plt, &addr_p, &found, func] (struct objfile *objfile)
> + ([name, &name_got_plt, &addr_p, &found, func] (struct objfile *objfile)
> {
> bfd *obfd = objfile->obfd.get ();
> struct gdbarch *gdbarch = objfile->arch ();
> @@ -828,8 +825,8 @@ elf_gnu_ifunc_resolve_by_got (const char *name, CORE_ADDR *addr_p)
> gdb_byte *buf = (gdb_byte *) alloca (ptr_size);
>
> bound_minimal_symbol msym
> - = lookup_minimal_symbol (current_program_space, name_got_plt,
> - objfile);
> + = lookup_minimal_symbol (current_program_space,
> + name_got_plt.c_str (), objfile);
> if (msym.minsym == NULL)
> return 0;
> if (msym.minsym->type () != mst_slot_got_plt)
> @@ -850,7 +847,8 @@ elf_gnu_ifunc_resolve_by_got (const char *name, CORE_ADDR *addr_p)
> addr = gdbarch_addr_bits_remove (gdbarch, addr);
>
> gnu_ifunc_debug_printf_func (func, "GOT entry \"%s\" points to %s",
> - name_got_plt, paddress (gdbarch, addr));
> + name_got_plt.c_str (),
> + paddress (gdbarch, addr));
>
> if (elf_gnu_ifunc_record_cache (name, addr))
> {
> --
> 2.55.0
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