(bfd_section_from_shdr): Add sanity check when parsing dynamic sections.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 3d2b2d9..feb815f 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-17  Tavis Ormandy <taviso@gentoo.org>
+
+       * elf.c (bfd_section_from_shdr): Add sanity check when parsing
+       dynamic sections.
+
 2005-05-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
        * elf32-ppc.c (LIS_11. LIS_12): Define.

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 8e087e3..f77d626 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -1768,6 +1768,9 @@ bfd_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd, unsigned int shindex)
     case SHT_DYNAMIC:  /* Dynamic linking information.  */
       if (! _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr, name, shindex))
        return FALSE;
+      if (hdr->sh_link > elf_numsections (abfd)
+         || elf_elfsections (abfd)[hdr->sh_link] == NULL)
+       return FALSE;
       if (elf_elfsections (abfd)[hdr->sh_link]->sh_type != SHT_STRTAB)
        {
          Elf_Internal_Shdr *dynsymhdr;