[PATCH v3 bpf-next 01/14] libbpf: ensure ELF symbols table is found before further ELF processing

[Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>]

libbpf ELF parsing logic might need symbols available before ELF parsing is
completed, so we need to make sure that symbols table section is found in
a separate pass before all the subsequent sections are processed.

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index b688aadf09c5..ac56d4db6d3e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -2720,14 +2720,38 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	Elf *elf = obj->efile.elf;
 	Elf_Data *btf_ext_data = NULL;
 	Elf_Data *btf_data = NULL;
-	Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
 	int idx = 0, err = 0;
+	const char *name;
+	Elf_Data *data;
+	Elf_Scn *scn;
+	GElf_Shdr sh;
 
+	/* a bunch of ELF parsing functionality depends on processing symbols,
+	 * so do the first pass and find the symbol table
+	 */
+	scn = NULL;
 	while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != NULL) {
-		const char *name;
-		GElf_Shdr sh;
-		Elf_Data *data;
+		if (elf_sec_hdr(obj, scn, &sh))
+			return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+
+		if (sh.sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
+			if (obj->efile.symbols) {
+				pr_warn("elf: multiple symbol tables in %s\n", obj->path);
+				return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+			}
 
+			data = elf_sec_data(obj, scn);
+			if (!data)
+				return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+
+			obj->efile.symbols = data;
+			obj->efile.symbols_shndx = elf_ndxscn(scn);
+			obj->efile.strtabidx = sh.sh_link;
+		}
+	}
+
+	scn = NULL;
+	while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != NULL) {
 		idx++;
 
 		if (elf_sec_hdr(obj, scn, &sh))
@@ -2766,13 +2790,7 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		} else if (strcmp(name, BTF_EXT_ELF_SEC) == 0) {
 			btf_ext_data = data;
 		} else if (sh.sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
-			if (obj->efile.symbols) {
-				pr_warn("elf: multiple symbol tables in %s\n", obj->path);
-				return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
-			}
-			obj->efile.symbols = data;
-			obj->efile.symbols_shndx = idx;
-			obj->efile.strtabidx = sh.sh_link;
+			/* already processed during the first pass above */
 		} else if (sh.sh_type == SHT_PROGBITS && data->d_size > 0) {
 			if (sh.sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR) {
 				if (strcmp(name, ".text") == 0)
-- 
2.24.1