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authorMark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>2015-05-16 22:41:36 +0200
committerMark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>2015-05-27 23:04:31 +0200
commit2e5df0c35099fc6bb9a114fabd01006b5dc767cc (patch)
tree684c4adfbd68541ba17e607a1c1ae7a325c4723f /libelf
parentbfb9a752c323b97bfcfb11f4f9dbf4ca25fe3c95 (diff)
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libelf: Fix possible unbounded stack usage in updatemmap.
Allocate temporary shdr storage with malloc, not alloca. Free after writing section headers. Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'libelf')
-rw-r--r--libelf/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--libelf/elf32_updatefile.c31
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libelf/ChangeLog b/libelf/ChangeLog
index 17ab7406..f1f8faca 100644
--- a/libelf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libelf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2015-05-16 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
+ * elf32_updatefile.c (updatemmap): Allocate temporary shdr storage
+ with malloc, not alloca. Free after writing section header.
+
+2015-05-16 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
+
* elf_getarsym.c (elf_getarsym): Allocate temporary file_date with
malloc, not alloca. Call free after out.
diff --git a/libelf/elf32_updatefile.c b/libelf/elf32_updatefile.c
index 153e377f..f625b308 100644
--- a/libelf/elf32_updatefile.c
+++ b/libelf/elf32_updatefile.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Write changed data structures.
- Copyright (C) 2000-2010, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000-2010, 2014, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
This file is part of elfutils.
Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2000.
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ __elfw2(LIBELFBITS,updatemmap) (Elf *elf, int change_bo, size_t shnum)
return 1;
Elf_ScnList *list = &elf->state.ELFW(elf,LIBELFBITS).scns;
- Elf_Scn **scns = (Elf_Scn **) alloca (shnum * sizeof (Elf_Scn *));
+ Elf_Scn **scns = (Elf_Scn **) malloc (shnum * sizeof (Elf_Scn *));
+ if (unlikely (scns == NULL))
+ {
+ __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_NOMEM);
+ return -1;
+ }
char *const shdr_start = ((char *) elf->map_address + elf->start_offset
+ ehdr->e_shoff);
char *const shdr_end = shdr_start + ehdr->e_shnum * ehdr->e_shentsize;
@@ -238,7 +243,12 @@ __elfw2(LIBELFBITS,updatemmap) (Elf *elf, int change_bo, size_t shnum)
< ((char *) elf->map_address + elf->start_offset
+ elf->maximum_size));
- void *p = alloca (sizeof (ElfW2(LIBELFBITS,Shdr)));
+ void *p = malloc (sizeof (ElfW2(LIBELFBITS,Shdr)));
+ if (unlikely (p == NULL))
+ {
+ __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_NOMEM);
+ return -1;
+ }
scn->shdr.ELFW(e,LIBELFBITS)
= memcpy (p, scn->shdr.ELFW(e,LIBELFBITS),
sizeof (ElfW2(LIBELFBITS,Shdr)));
@@ -260,7 +270,7 @@ __elfw2(LIBELFBITS,updatemmap) (Elf *elf, int change_bo, size_t shnum)
> (char *) scn->data_list.data.d.d_buf))
{
void *p = malloc (scn->data_list.data.d.d_size);
- if (p == NULL)
+ if (unlikely (p == NULL))
{
__libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_NOMEM);
return -1;
@@ -421,12 +431,17 @@ __elfw2(LIBELFBITS,updatemmap) (Elf *elf, int change_bo, size_t shnum)
entry we now have to adjust the pointer again so
point to new place in the mapping. */
if (!elf->state.ELFW(elf,LIBELFBITS).shdr_malloced
- && (scn->shdr_flags & ELF_F_MALLOCED) == 0)
- scn->shdr.ELFW(e,LIBELFBITS) = &shdr_dest[scn->index];
+ && (scn->shdr_flags & ELF_F_MALLOCED) == 0
+ && scn->shdr.ELFW(e,LIBELFBITS) != &shdr_dest[scn->index])
+ {
+ free (scn->shdr.ELFW(e,LIBELFBITS));
+ scn->shdr.ELFW(e,LIBELFBITS) = &shdr_dest[scn->index];
+ }
scn->shdr_flags &= ~ELF_F_DIRTY;
}
}
+ free (scns);
}
/* That was the last part. Clear the overall flag. */
@@ -582,7 +597,7 @@ __elfw2(LIBELFBITS,updatefile) (Elf *elf, int change_bo, size_t shnum)
/* Allocate sufficient memory. */
tmp_phdr = (ElfW2(LIBELFBITS,Phdr) *)
malloc (sizeof (ElfW2(LIBELFBITS,Phdr)) * phnum);
- if (tmp_phdr == NULL)
+ if (unlikely (tmp_phdr == NULL))
{
__libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_NOMEM);
return 1;
@@ -714,7 +729,7 @@ __elfw2(LIBELFBITS,updatefile) (Elf *elf, int change_bo, size_t shnum)
if (dl->data.d.d_size > MAX_TMPBUF)
{
buf = malloc (dl->data.d.d_size);
- if (buf == NULL)
+ if (unlikely (buf == NULL))
{
__libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_NOMEM);
return 1;