add_dst_sec() can invalidate bpf_linker's section index making dst_symtab pointer pointing into unallocated memory. Reinitialize dst_symtab pointer on each iteration to make sure it's always valid. Fixes: faf6ed321cf6 ("libbpf: Add BPF static linker APIs") Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/linker.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c index 3e1b2a15fdc7..9aa016fb55aa 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c @@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@ static int linker_append_elf_sym(struct bpf_linker *linker, struct src_obj *obj, static int linker_append_elf_relos(struct bpf_linker *linker, struct src_obj *obj) { struct src_sec *src_symtab = &obj->secs[obj->symtab_sec_idx]; - struct dst_sec *dst_symtab = &linker->secs[linker->symtab_sec_idx]; + struct dst_sec *dst_symtab; int i, err; for (i = 1; i < obj->sec_cnt; i++) { @@ -2033,6 +2033,9 @@ static int linker_append_elf_relos(struct bpf_linker *linker, struct src_obj *ob return -1; } + /* add_dst_sec() above could have invalidated linker->secs */ + dst_symtab = &linker->secs[linker->symtab_sec_idx]; + /* shdr->sh_link points to SYMTAB */ dst_sec->shdr->sh_link = linker->symtab_sec_idx; -- 2.30.2