binutils: CVE-2017-9954
Source: binutils-gdb.git
MR: 73906
Type: Security Fix
Disposition: Backport from binutils-2_29
ChangeID:
13858130a02bbe84744fd33ecbf2bbbd2360c09c
Description:
Fix address violation parsing a corrupt texhex format file.
PR binutils/21670
* tekhex.c (getvalue): Check for the source pointer exceeding the
end pointer before the first byte is read.
Affects: <= 2.28
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thiruvadi Rajaraman <trajaraman@mvista.com>
Reviewed-by: Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster <akuster808@gmail.com>
