elf-reader: Don't free CTF resources too early
authorDodji Seketeli <dodji@redhat.com>
Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:15:09 +0000 (18:15 +0100)
committerDodji Seketeli <dodji@redhat.com>
Thu, 29 Dec 2022 10:27:34 +0000 (11:27 +0100)
elf::reader::locate_alt_ctf_debug_info frees the memory for the
alternate CTF debug info too early, leading to some segmentation
violation down the road, when the rest of the code tries to access the
CTF section afterwards.  Many thanks to the Valgrind tool and its
hackers for showing me this.

This patch thus keeps the file descriptor and ELF data structure of
the alternate CTF debug info around for the lifetime of the reader.

* src/abg-elf-reader.cc (reader::priv::{alt_ctf_fd,
alt_ctf_handle}): Add new data members.
(reader::priv::clear_alt_ctf_debug_info_data): Define new member
function.
(reader::priv::~priv): Call the new
priv::clear_alt_ctf_debug_info_data
(reader::priv::initialize): Likewise.  Initialize the new
alt_ctf_handle and alt_ctf_fd data members.
(reader::priv::locate_alt_ctf_debug_info): Do not free the fd and
ELF resources early here.  Store them in the new
reader::priv::alt_ctf_{fd,handle} instead.

Signed-off-by: Dodji Seketeli <dodji@redhat.com>
src/abg-elf-reader.cc

index 656418e3ab830bfee4022a6b9f5a6e84a8d50875..16e8b0221253870f3fb43c8d1f9379c6045426b1 100644 (file)
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ struct reader::priv
   string                               alt_dwarf_path;
   int                                  alt_dwarf_fd            = 0;
   Elf_Scn*                             ctf_section             = nullptr;
+  int                                  alt_ctf_fd              = 0;
+  Elf*                                 alt_ctf_handle          = nullptr;
   Elf_Scn*                             alt_ctf_section = nullptr;
 
   priv(reader& reeder, const std::string& elf_path,
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ struct reader::priv
   ~priv()
   {
     clear_alt_dwarf_debug_info_data();
+    clear_alt_ctf_debug_info_data();
   }
 
   /// Reset the private data of @elf elf::reader.
@@ -294,6 +297,7 @@ struct reader::priv
   initialize(const vector<char**>& debug_info_roots)
   {
     clear_alt_dwarf_debug_info_data();
+    clear_alt_ctf_debug_info_data();
 
     elf_handle = nullptr;
     symtab_section = nullptr;
@@ -310,6 +314,8 @@ struct reader::priv
     alt_dwarf_fd = 0;
     ctf_section = nullptr;
     alt_ctf_section = nullptr;
+    alt_ctf_handle = nullptr;
+    alt_ctf_fd = 0;
   }
 
   /// Setup the necessary plumbing to open the ELF file and find all
@@ -413,6 +419,22 @@ struct reader::priv
                                                 alt_dwarf_fd);
   }
 
+  /// Clear the resources related to the alternate CTF data.
+  void
+  clear_alt_ctf_debug_info_data()
+  {
+    if (alt_ctf_fd)
+      {
+       close(alt_ctf_fd);
+       alt_ctf_fd = 0;
+      }
+    if (alt_ctf_handle)
+      {
+       elf_end(alt_ctf_handle);
+       alt_ctf_handle = nullptr;
+      }
+  }
+
   /// Locate the CTF "alternate" debug information associated with the
   /// current ELF file ( and split out somewhere else).
   ///
@@ -442,23 +464,17 @@ struct reader::priv
          if (!tools_utils::find_file_under_dir(*path, name, file_path))
            continue;
 
-         int fd;
-         if ((fd = open(file_path.c_str(), O_RDONLY)) == -1)
+         if ((alt_ctf_fd = open(file_path.c_str(), O_RDONLY)) == -1)
            continue;
 
-         Elf *hdl;
-         if ((hdl = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ, nullptr)) == nullptr)
-           {
-             close(fd);
-             continue;
-           }
+         if ((alt_ctf_handle = elf_begin(alt_ctf_fd,
+                                         ELF_C_READ,
+                                         nullptr)) == nullptr)
+           continue;
 
          // unlikely .ctf was designed to be present in stripped file
          alt_ctf_section =
-           elf_helpers::find_section(hdl, ".ctf", SHT_PROGBITS);
-
-         elf_end(hdl);
-         close(fd);
+           elf_helpers::find_section(alt_ctf_handle, ".ctf", SHT_PROGBITS);
 
          if (alt_ctf_section)
            break;