get_section() returned an undefined section size on failure, which could cause load_symbols() to crash if kernel symtables were missing from the module. get_section() will now return secsize == 0 if it fails. Signed-off-by: Andreas Robinson <andr345@xxxxxxxxx> --- elfops_core.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/elfops_core.c b/elfops_core.c index 1e8083b..051e7f7 100644 --- a/elfops_core.c +++ b/elfops_core.c @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static void *PERBIT(get_section)(struct elf_file *module, const char *secnames; unsigned int i; + *secsize = 0; + if (len <= 0 || len < sizeof(*hdr)) return NULL; @@ -65,7 +67,6 @@ static void *PERBIT(get_section)(struct elf_file *module, return data + secoffset; } } - *secsize = 0; return NULL; } -- 1.6.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html