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perf symbols: Avoid segfault in elf_strptr
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If we call elf_section_by_name() with a truncated elf image (ie: the
file header indicates that the section headers are placed past the end
of the file), elf_strptr() causes a segfault within libelf.

Avoid this by checking that we can access the section string table
properly.

Should really be fixed in libelf/elfutils.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Matt Hellsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344637382-22789-10-git-send-email-cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Cody P Schafer authored and Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo committed Aug 13, 2012
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Expand Up @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ static Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
Elf_Scn *sec = NULL;
size_t cnt = 1;

/* Elf is corrupted/truncated, avoid calling elf_strptr. */
if (!elf_rawdata(elf_getscn(elf, ep->e_shstrndx), NULL))
return NULL;

while ((sec = elf_nextscn(elf, sec)) != NULL) {
char *str;

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