binutils: CVE-2017-9752
Source: binutils-gdb.git
MR: 73971
Type: Security Fix
Disposition: Backport from binutils-2_29
ChangeID:
fe0e1d0f234ed157135818c24f4270c34e093828
Description:
Fix potential address violations when processing a corrupt Alpha VMA binary.
PR binutils/21589
* vms-alpha.c (_bfd_vms_get_value): Add an extra parameter - the
maximum value for the ascic pointer. Check that name processing
does not read beyond this value.
(_bfd_vms_slurp_etir): Add checks for attempts to read beyond the
end of etir record.
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>
