From: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 05:51:11 +0000 (+0930)
Subject: PR 21414, null pointer deref of _bfd_elf_large_com_section sym
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7eacd66b086cabb1daab20890d5481894d4f56b2;p=binutils-gdb.git

PR 21414, null pointer deref of _bfd_elf_large_com_section sym

	PR 21414
	* section.c (GLOBAL_SYM_INIT): Make available in bfd.h.
	* elf.c (lcomm_sym): New.
	(_bfd_elf_large_com_section): Use lcomm_sym section symbol.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
---

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9b5f15dc24a..028804624b2 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2017-04-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 21414
+	* section.c (GLOBAL_SYM_INIT): Make available in bfd.h.
+	* elf.c (lcomm_sym): New.
+	(_bfd_elf_large_com_section): Use lcomm_sym section symbol.
+	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+
 2017-04-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 21412
diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index 1d73134a6d9..17a35c09edf 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -1839,6 +1839,18 @@ extern asection _bfd_std_section[4];
      { NULL }, { NULL }                                                \
     }
 
+/* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
+   traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
+   gcc warns if we don't initialize it.
+   the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata]  */
+#ifdef __STDC__
+#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
+#else
+#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
+#endif
+
 void bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *);
 
 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index dd1a41f6886..a08e0f8ea61 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -11244,9 +11244,11 @@ _bfd_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abfd,
 
 /* It is only used by x86-64 so far.
    ??? This repeats *COM* id of zero.  sec->id is supposed to be unique,
-   but current usage would allow all of _bfd_std_section to be zero.  t*/
+   but current usage would allow all of _bfd_std_section to be zero.  */
+static const asymbol lcomm_sym
+  = GLOBAL_SYM_INIT ("LARGE_COMMON", &_bfd_elf_large_com_section);
 asection _bfd_elf_large_com_section
-  = BFD_FAKE_SECTION (_bfd_elf_large_com_section, NULL,
+  = BFD_FAKE_SECTION (_bfd_elf_large_com_section, &lcomm_sym,
 		      "LARGE_COMMON", 0, SEC_IS_COMMON);
 
 void
diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 4b3cf6a4c36..28eee7f8b3c 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -738,20 +738,20 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 .     { NULL }, { NULL }						\
 .    }
 .
+.{* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
+.   traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
+.   gcc warns if we don't initialize it.
+.   the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata]  *}
+.#ifdef __STDC__
+.#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+.  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
+.#else
+.#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+.  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
+.#endif
+.
 */
 
-/* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
-   traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
-   gcc warns if we don't initialize it.  */
- /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
-#ifdef __STDC__
-#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
-  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
-#else
-#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
-  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
-#endif
-
 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD.  Therefore, anything
    that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired.  */