[PATCH] tools/perf: use local variable for segment file offset
From: Romeo Cane
Date: Thu Oct 02 2014 - 10:59:43 EST
The value of phdr->p_offset is stored inside a buffer that gets reallocated, so it could become corrupted if the new size isn't big enough to contain it
Signed-off-by: Romeo Cane <romeo.cane.ext@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index c9541fe..bf13e46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, void *bf, size_t size)
for (i = 0, phdr = buf; i < ehdr.e_phnum; i++, phdr++) {
void *tmp;
+ Elf32_Off tmp_off;
if (need_swap) {
phdr->p_type = bswap_32(phdr->p_type);
@@ -140,12 +141,13 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, void *bf, size_t size)
continue;
buf_size = phdr->p_filesz;
+ tmp_off = phdr->p_offset;
tmp = realloc(buf, buf_size);
if (tmp == NULL)
goto out_free;
buf = tmp;
- fseek(fp, phdr->p_offset, SEEK_SET);
+ fseek(fp, tmp_off, SEEK_SET);
if (fread(buf, buf_size, 1, fp) != 1)
goto out_free;
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, void *bf, size_t size)
for (i = 0, phdr = buf; i < ehdr.e_phnum; i++, phdr++) {
void *tmp;
+ Elf64_Off tmp_off;
if (need_swap) {
phdr->p_type = bswap_32(phdr->p_type);
@@ -189,12 +192,13 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, void *bf, size_t size)
continue;
buf_size = phdr->p_filesz;
+ tmp_off = phdr->p_offset;
tmp = realloc(buf, buf_size);
if (tmp == NULL)
goto out_free;
buf = tmp;
- fseek(fp, phdr->p_offset, SEEK_SET);
+ fseek(fp, tmp_off, SEEK_SET);
if (fread(buf, buf_size, 1, fp) != 1)
goto out_free;
--
1.8.3.2
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