According to the ELF specification, if the value of st_shndx contains SH_XINDEX, the actual section header index is too large to fit in the st_shndx field and you should use the value out of the SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX section instead. This table was already being parsed and saved into symtab_shndx_start, however it was not being used, causing segfaults when the number of sections is greater than 64K. Check the st_shndx field for SHN_XINDEX prior to using. Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 6e892c93d104..5ce7e9dc2f04 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -305,9 +305,23 @@ static const char *sec_name(struct elf_info *elf, int secindex) return sech_name(elf, &elf->sechdrs[secindex]); } +static int sym_index(const Elf_Sym *sym, const struct elf_info *info) +{ + unsigned long offset; + int index; + + if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX) + return sym->st_shndx; + + offset = (unsigned long)sym - (unsigned long)info->symtab_start; + index = offset/(sizeof(*sym)); + + return TO_NATIVE(info->symtab_shndx_start[index]); +} + static void *sym_get_data(const struct elf_info *info, const Elf_Sym *sym) { - Elf_Shdr *sechdr = &info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx]; + Elf_Shdr *sechdr = &info->sechdrs[sym_index(sym, info)]; unsigned long offset; offset = sym->st_value; -- 2.24.1