Fix buffer read overrun by ensuring that DWARF sections containing strings always...
authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:03:23 +0000 (17:03 +0100)
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:03:23 +0000 (17:03 +0100)
PR 22047
* dwarf2.c (read_section): If necessary add a terminating NUL byte
to dwarf string sections.

bfd/ChangeLog
bfd/dwarf2.c

index 1a3cc51..368b558 100644 (file)
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-08-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR 22047
+       * dwarf2.c (read_section): If necessary add a terminating NUL byte
+       to dwarf string sections.
+
 2017-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
        * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
index 22d6d56..40a187a 100644 (file)
@@ -566,6 +566,29 @@ read_section (bfd *           abfd,
                                          0, *section_size))
            return FALSE;
        }
+
+      /* Paranoia - if we are reading in a string section, make sure that it
+        is NUL terminated.  This is to prevent string functions from running
+        off the end of the buffer.  Note - knowing the size of the buffer is
+        not enough as some functions, eg strchr, do not have a range limited
+        equivalent.
+
+        FIXME: We ought to use a flag in the dwarf_debug_sections[] table to
+        determine the nature of a debug section, rather than checking the
+        section name as we do here.  */
+      if (*section_size > 0
+         && (*section_buffer)[*section_size - 1] != 0
+         && (strstr (section_name, "_str") || strstr (section_name, "names")))
+       {
+         bfd_byte * new_buffer = malloc (*section_size + 1);
+
+         _bfd_error_handler (_("warning: dwarf string section '%s' is not NUL terminated"),
+                             section_name);
+         memcpy (new_buffer, *section_buffer, *section_size);
+         new_buffer[*section_size] = 0;
+         free (*section_buffer);
+         *section_buffer = new_buffer;
+       }
     }
 
   /* It is possible to get a bad value for the offset into the section