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-rw-r--r--libdwfl/elf-from-memory.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libdwfl/elf-from-memory.c b/libdwfl/elf-from-memory.c
index 12a0a1be..c54c1b99 100644
--- a/libdwfl/elf-from-memory.c
+++ b/libdwfl/elf-from-memory.c
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ elf_from_remote_memory (GElf_Addr ehdr_vma,
phentsize = ehdr.e32.e_phentsize;
if (phentsize != sizeof (Elf32_Phdr) || phnum == 0)
goto bad_elf;
+ /* NOTE if the number of sections is > 0xff00 then e_shnum
+ is zero and the actual number would come from the section
+ zero sh_size field. We ignore this here because getting shdrs
+ is just a nice bonus (see below where we trim the last phdrs
+ PT_LOAD segment). */
shdrs_end = ehdr.e32.e_shoff + ehdr.e32.e_shnum * ehdr.e32.e_shentsize;
break;
@@ -151,6 +156,7 @@ elf_from_remote_memory (GElf_Addr ehdr_vma,
phentsize = ehdr.e64.e_phentsize;
if (phentsize != sizeof (Elf64_Phdr) || phnum == 0)
goto bad_elf;
+ /* See the NOTE above for shdrs_end and ehdr.e32.e_shnum. */
shdrs_end = ehdr.e64.e_shoff + ehdr.e64.e_shnum * ehdr.e64.e_shentsize;
break;