perf symbols: Avoid segfault in elf_strptr

If we call elf_section_by_name() with a truncated elf image (ie: the
file header indicates that the section headers are placed past the end
of the file), elf_strptr() causes a segfault within libelf.

Avoid this by checking that we can access the section string table
properly.

Should really be fixed in libelf/elfutils.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Matt Hellsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344637382-22789-10-git-send-email-cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index a2e994e2605f..a9a194d49c1b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ static Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
         Elf_Scn *sec = NULL;
         size_t cnt = 1;
 
+        /* Elf is corrupted/truncated, avoid calling elf_strptr. */
+        if (!elf_rawdata(elf_getscn(elf, ep->e_shstrndx), NULL))
+                return NULL;
+
         while ((sec = elf_nextscn(elf, sec)) != NULL) {
                 char *str;