From: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:13:47 +0000 (+1030)
Subject: PR22306, Invalid free() in slurp_symtab()
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0301ce1486b1450f219202677f30d0fa97335419;p=binutils-gdb.git

PR22306, Invalid free() in slurp_symtab()

	PR 22306
	* aoutx.h (aout_get_external_symbols): Handle stringsize of zero,
	and error for any other size that doesn't cover the header word.
---

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 364a36d24b0..6f2c2b71de6 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-10-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 22306
+	* aoutx.h (aout_get_external_symbols): Handle stringsize of zero,
+	and error for any other size that doesn't cover the header word.
+
 2017-10-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Remove gc_sweep_hook.
diff --git a/bfd/aoutx.h b/bfd/aoutx.h
index 3d38fda14bc..d096ed5566b 100644
--- a/bfd/aoutx.h
+++ b/bfd/aoutx.h
@@ -1351,27 +1351,42 @@ aout_get_external_symbols (bfd *abfd)
 	  || bfd_bread ((void *) string_chars, amt, abfd) != amt)
 	return FALSE;
       stringsize = GET_WORD (abfd, string_chars);
+      if (stringsize == 0)
+	stringsize = 1;
+      else if (stringsize < BYTES_IN_WORD
+	       || (size_t) stringsize != stringsize)
+	{
+	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
+	  return FALSE;
+	}
 
 #ifdef USE_MMAP
-      if (! bfd_get_file_window (abfd, obj_str_filepos (abfd), stringsize,
-				 &obj_aout_string_window (abfd), TRUE))
-	return FALSE;
-      strings = (char *) obj_aout_string_window (abfd).data;
-#else
-      strings = (char *) bfd_malloc (stringsize + 1);
-      if (strings == NULL)
-	return FALSE;
-
-      /* Skip space for the string count in the buffer for convenience
-	 when using indexes.  */
-      amt = stringsize - BYTES_IN_WORD;
-      if (bfd_bread (strings + BYTES_IN_WORD, amt, abfd) != amt)
+      if (stringsize >= BYTES_IN_WORD)
 	{
-	  free (strings);
-	  return FALSE;
+	  if (! bfd_get_file_window (abfd, obj_str_filepos (abfd), stringsize,
+				     &obj_aout_string_window (abfd), TRUE))
+	    return FALSE;
+	  strings = (char *) obj_aout_string_window (abfd).data;
 	}
+      else
 #endif
+	{
+	  strings = (char *) bfd_malloc (stringsize);
+	  if (strings == NULL)
+	    return FALSE;
 
+	  if (stringsize >= BYTES_IN_WORD)
+	    {
+	      /* Keep the string count in the buffer for convenience
+		 when indexing with e_strx.  */
+	      amt = stringsize - BYTES_IN_WORD;
+	      if (bfd_bread (strings + BYTES_IN_WORD, amt, abfd) != amt)
+		{
+		  free (strings);
+		  return FALSE;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
       /* Ensure that a zero index yields an empty string.  */
       strings[0] = '\0';