Reported-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer(a)redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mjw(a)redhat.com>
---
src/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
src/nm.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index fb9c776..f74b5dc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-03-21 Mark Wielaard <mjw(a)redhat.com>
+
+ * nm.c (show_symbols): Check for malloc size argument overflow.
+
2016-02-13 Mark Wielaard <mjw(a)redhat.com>
* readelf.c (print_scngrp): Call error when gelf_getshdr fails.
diff --git a/src/nm.c b/src/nm.c
index 2911afa..20edd65 100644
--- a/src/nm.c
+++ b/src/nm.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,11 @@ show_symbols (int fd, Ebl *ebl, GElf_Ehdr *ehdr,
XXX We can use a dirty trick here. Since GElf_Sym == Elf64_Sym we
can use the data memory instead of copying again if what we read
is a 64 bit file. */
+ if (nentries > SIZE_MAX / sizeof (GElf_SymX))
+ error (0, 0,
+ gettext ("%s: entries (%zd) in section %zd `%s' is too large"),
+ fullname, nentries, elf_ndxscn (scn),
+ elf_strptr (ebl->elf, shstrndx, shdr->sh_name));
GElf_SymX *sym_mem;
if (nentries * sizeof (GElf_SymX) < MAX_STACK_ALLOC)
sym_mem = (GElf_SymX *) alloca (nentries * sizeof (GElf_SymX));
--
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