binutils: CVE-2017-8395
Source: git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
MR: 74153
Type: Security Fix
Disposition: Backport from binutils-2_29
ChangeID:
27dce214c561f9ae6f874990432f9d76a7de29d4
Description:
Fix seg-fault attempting to compress a debug section in a corrupt binary.
PR binutils/21431
* compress.c (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Check the return
value from bfd_malloc.
Affects: <= 2.29
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>
