Re: [PATCH] modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Thu Jun 08 2023 - 10:56:39 EST


On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 6:15 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array
> access.
>
> Fixes: 52dc0595d540 ("modpost: handle relocations mismatch in __ex_table.")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---


Applied to linux-kbuild.
Thanks.



> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index d10f5bdcb753..c3cb69c276ae 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_tosym(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr, Elf_Sym *sym)
>
> static bool is_executable_section(struct elf_info *elf, unsigned int secndx)
> {
> - if (secndx > elf->num_sections)
> + if (secndx >= elf->num_sections)
> return false;
>
> return (elf->sechdrs[secndx].sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR) != 0;
> --
> 2.39.2
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada