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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2006-04-18 09:41:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2006-04-18 09:41:36 +0000 |
| commit | 9a1ae1cc87f5e628a2ff2eee969e2540af655218 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c6762f593584c4185343d58587bdc6f0a6d5b21 /bfd/elfcode.h | |
| parent | 55651f3bc393b3204e86ebbf776fff0332c21c8a (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-9a1ae1cc87f5e628a2ff2eee969e2540af655218.tar.gz | |
PR 2257
* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Allow files with corrupt e_shstrndx fields to
still be handled as ELF files.
* readelf.c (SECTION_NAME): Cope with a missing string table.
(process_file_header): Cope with a corrupt e_shstrndx field.
(process_section_headers): Correctly handle an e_shstrndx value of SHF_UNDEF.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/elfcode.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/elfcode.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h index f7f85ba205..9bb66e11c0 100644 --- a/bfd/elfcode.h +++ b/bfd/elfcode.h @@ -742,9 +742,18 @@ elf_object_p (bfd *abfd) if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx >= elf_numsections (abfd) || (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx >= SHN_LORESERVE && i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx <= SHN_HIRESERVE)) - goto got_wrong_format_error; + { + /* PR 2257: + We used to just goto got_wrong_format_error here + but there are binaries in existance for which this test + will prevent the binutils from working with them at all. + So we are kind, and reset the string index value to 0 + so that at least some processing can be done. */ + i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx = SHN_UNDEF; + _bfd_error_handler (_("warning: %s has a corrupt string table index - ignoring"), abfd->filename); + } } - else if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx != 0) + else if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx != SHN_UNDEF) goto got_wrong_format_error; /* Read in the program headers. */ |