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Re: [PATCH v4 15/22] scripts/sortextable: add support for ET_DYN binaries

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On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
> Add support to scripts/sortextable for handling relocatable (PIE)
> executables, whose ELF type is ET_DYN, not ET_EXEC. Other than adding
> support for the new type, no changes are needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Something I can actually test! :)

-Kees

> ---
>  scripts/sortextable.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.c b/scripts/sortextable.c
> index af247c70fb66..19d83647846c 100644
> --- a/scripts/sortextable.c
> +++ b/scripts/sortextable.c
> @@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
>                 break;
>         }  /* end switch */
>         if (memcmp(ELFMAG, ehdr->e_ident, SELFMAG) != 0
> -       ||  r2(&ehdr->e_type) != ET_EXEC
> +       ||  (r2(&ehdr->e_type) != ET_EXEC && r2(&ehdr->e_type) != ET_DYN)
>         ||  ehdr->e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT) {
> -               fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized ET_EXEC file %s\n", fname);
> +               fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized ET_EXEC/ET_DYN file %s\n", fname);
>                 fail_file();
>         }
>
> @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
>                 if (r2(&ehdr->e_ehsize) != sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)
>                 ||  r2(&ehdr->e_shentsize) != sizeof(Elf32_Shdr)) {
>                         fprintf(stderr,
> -                               "unrecognized ET_EXEC file: %s\n", fname);
> +                               "unrecognized ET_EXEC/ET_DYN file: %s\n", fname);
>                         fail_file();
>                 }
>                 do32(ehdr, fname, custom_sort);
> @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
>                 if (r2(&ghdr->e_ehsize) != sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)
>                 ||  r2(&ghdr->e_shentsize) != sizeof(Elf64_Shdr)) {
>                         fprintf(stderr,
> -                               "unrecognized ET_EXEC file: %s\n", fname);
> +                               "unrecognized ET_EXEC/ET_DYN file: %s\n", fname);
>                         fail_file();
>                 }
>                 do64(ghdr, fname, custom_sort);
> --
> 2.5.0
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security

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[PATCH v4 15/22] scripts/sortextable: add support for ET_DYN binaries Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-01-26 18:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v4 15/22] scripts/sortextable: add support for ET_DYN binaries Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-01-27 00:30 +0100

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