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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2016-08-12 20:36:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2016-08-12 20:36:20 +0100 |
| commit | 52c3c391f4a4a38ca921e5e7b5dce92e62079f34 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e7be53c70061a22d6904e07b53e2f5966ce538a | |
| parent | 3785f51aa2454dba199db8aafa80019795d536ec (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-52c3c391f4a4a38ca921e5e7b5dce92e62079f34.tar.gz | |
Warn if the sh_info field of a symbol table does not index the first non-local symbol in the section.
* readelf.c (process_symbol_table): Generate a warning if a local
symbol is found at and offste greater than or equal to the sh_info
field of it's section header.
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/readelf.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index d21c299fac8..5018e43dd50 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2016-08-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> + + * readelf.c (process_symbol_table): Generate a warning if a local + symbol is found at and offste greater than or equal to the sh_info + field of it's section header. + 2016-08-08 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> PR binutils/20440 diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c index e6674c2f5fc..586d13c7dea 100644 --- a/binutils/readelf.c +++ b/binutils/readelf.c @@ -11114,6 +11114,11 @@ process_symbol_table (FILE * file) } putchar ('\n'); + + if (ELF_ST_BIND (psym->st_info) == STB_LOCAL + && si >= section->sh_info) + warn (_("local symbol %u found at index >= %s's sh_info value of %u\n"), + si, printable_section_name (section), section->sh_info); } free (symtab); |