Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 88921611b22e..7e62303133dc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
                 const char *secstrings
                         = (void *)hdr + sechdrs[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset;
                 const char *secname;
+                int nobits = sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_NOBITS;
 
-                if (sechdrs[i].sh_offset > info->size) {
+                if (!nobits && sechdrs[i].sh_offset > info->size) {
                         fatal("%s is truncated. sechdrs[i].sh_offset=%lu > "
                               "sizeof(*hrd)=%zu\n", filename,
                               (unsigned long)sechdrs[i].sh_offset,
@@ -425,6 +426,8 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
                 }
                 secname = secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name;
                 if (strcmp(secname, ".modinfo") == 0) {
+                        if (nobits)
+                                fatal("%s has NOBITS .modinfo\n", filename);
                         info->modinfo = (void *)hdr + sechdrs[i].sh_offset;
                         info->modinfo_len = sechdrs[i].sh_size;
                 } else if (strcmp(secname, "__ksymtab") == 0)