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authorSami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>2020-04-21 15:08:42 -0700
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2020-05-15 10:35:13 +0200
commit28fe1d7bf89f8ed5be70b98a33932dbaf99345dd (patch)
treebd543c11212349d8d87237f35aec063390b18577 /tools/objtool/elf.c
parentab3852ab5cb8fd2e2c5bfa176e5f953353836907 (diff)
objtool: use gelf_getsymshndx to handle >64k sections
Currently, objtool fails to load the correct section for symbols when the index is greater than SHN_LORESERVE. Use gelf_getsymshndx instead of gelf_getsym to handle >64k sections. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200421220843.188260-2-samitolvanen@google.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool/elf.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/elf.c24
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index b6349caaeb5c..84225679f96d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -343,12 +343,14 @@ static int read_sections(struct elf *elf)
static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
{
- struct section *symtab, *sec;
+ struct section *symtab, *symtab_shndx, *sec;
struct symbol *sym, *pfunc;
struct list_head *entry;
struct rb_node *pnode;
int symbols_nr, i;
char *coldstr;
+ Elf_Data *shndx_data = NULL;
+ Elf32_Word shndx;
symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab");
if (!symtab) {
@@ -356,6 +358,10 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
return -1;
}
+ symtab_shndx = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab_shndx");
+ if (symtab_shndx)
+ shndx_data = symtab_shndx->data;
+
symbols_nr = symtab->sh.sh_size / symtab->sh.sh_entsize;
for (i = 0; i < symbols_nr; i++) {
@@ -369,8 +375,9 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
sym->idx = i;
- if (!gelf_getsym(symtab->data, i, &sym->sym)) {
- WARN_ELF("gelf_getsym");
+ if (!gelf_getsymshndx(symtab->data, shndx_data, i, &sym->sym,
+ &shndx)) {
+ WARN_ELF("gelf_getsymshndx");
goto err;
}
@@ -384,10 +391,13 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
sym->type = GELF_ST_TYPE(sym->sym.st_info);
sym->bind = GELF_ST_BIND(sym->sym.st_info);
- if (sym->sym.st_shndx > SHN_UNDEF &&
- sym->sym.st_shndx < SHN_LORESERVE) {
- sym->sec = find_section_by_index(elf,
- sym->sym.st_shndx);
+ if ((sym->sym.st_shndx > SHN_UNDEF &&
+ sym->sym.st_shndx < SHN_LORESERVE) ||
+ (shndx_data && sym->sym.st_shndx == SHN_XINDEX)) {
+ if (sym->sym.st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX)
+ shndx = sym->sym.st_shndx;
+
+ sym->sec = find_section_by_index(elf, shndx);
if (!sym->sec) {
WARN("couldn't find section for symbol %s",
sym->name);