[COMMITTED] elfcmp: Handle bad sections without crashing.

Mark Wielaard mark@klomp.org
Sun Apr 28 15:22:00 GMT 2019


If we cannot get the Shdr of a section then don't try to use or
compare them.

Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
---
 src/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
 src/elfcmp.c  | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 57db6cadb..3786f3432 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-04-28  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	* elfcmp.c (main): Check shdr1 and shdr2 are not NULL.
+
 2019-04-03  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
 
 	* readelf.c (attr_callback): Print DW_AT_data_member_location as
diff --git a/src/elfcmp.c b/src/elfcmp.c
index d5dc1ff2b..c07fdfd7f 100644
--- a/src/elfcmp.c
+++ b/src/elfcmp.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	  if (shdr1 != NULL)
 	    sname1 = elf_strptr (elf1, shstrndx1, shdr1->sh_name);
 	}
-      while (scn1 != NULL
+      while (scn1 != NULL && shdr1 != NULL
 	     && ebl_section_strip_p (ebl1, shdr1, sname1, true, false));
 
       GElf_Shdr shdr2_mem;
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	  if (shdr2 != NULL)
 	    sname2 = elf_strptr (elf2, shstrndx2, shdr2->sh_name);
 	}
-      while (scn2 != NULL
+      while (scn2 != NULL && shdr2 != NULL
 	     && ebl_section_strip_p (ebl2, shdr2, sname2, true, false));
 
-      if (scn1 == NULL || scn2 == NULL)
+      if (scn1 == NULL || scn2 == NULL || shdr1 == NULL || shdr2 == NULL)
 	break;
 
       if (gaps != gaps_ignore && (shdr1->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) != 0)
-- 
2.20.1



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