From: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx> When the target file is used as input and output at the same time, the input file will read a null value, resulting in a segmentation fault. $ bpftool gen object prog.o prog.o libbpf: failed to get ELF header for prog.o: invalid `Elf' handle Segmentation fault (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000000450285 in linker_append_elf_syms (linker=0x4feda0, obj=0x7fffffffe100) at linker.c:1296 #1 bpf_linker__add_file (linker=0x4feda0, filename=<optimized out>, opts=<optimized out>) at linker.c:453 #2 0x000000000040c235 in do_object () #3 0x00000000004021d7 in main () (gdb) frame 0 #0 0x0000000000450285 in linker_append_elf_syms (linker=0x4feda0, obj=0x7fffffffe100) at linker.c:1296 1296 Elf64_Sym *sym = symtab->data->d_buf; Signed-off-by: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/linker.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c index cf71d149fe26..0b117cc5b6e4 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c @@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ int bpf_linker__add_file(struct bpf_linker *linker, const char *filename, if (!linker->elf) return libbpf_err(-EINVAL); + if (!strcmp(filename, linker->filename)) { + pr_warn_elf("Input and output files cannot be the same"); + return libbpf_err(-EINVAL); + } + err = err ?: linker_load_obj_file(linker, filename, opts, &obj); err = err ?: linker_append_sec_data(linker, &obj); err = err ?: linker_append_elf_syms(linker, &obj); -- 2.47.1