commit 7eacd66b086cabb1daab20890d5481894d4f56b2
Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Apr 23 15:21:11 2017 +0930

    PR 21414, null pointer deref of _bfd_elf_large_com_section sym
    
    	PR 21414
    	* section.c (GLOBAL_SYM_INIT): Make available in bfd.h.
    	* elf.c (lcomm_sym): New.
    	(_bfd_elf_large_com_section): Use lcomm_sym section symbol.
    	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

Upstream-Status: Backport

CVE: CVE-2017-8394
Signed-off-by: Thiruvadi Rajaraman <trajaraman@mvista.com>

Index: git/bfd/bfd-in2.h
===================================================================
--- git.orig/bfd/bfd-in2.h	2017-09-20 12:54:44.847475928 +0530
+++ git/bfd/bfd-in2.h	2017-09-20 12:54:44.903476171 +0530
@@ -1805,6 +1805,18 @@
      { NULL }, { NULL }                                                \
     }
 
+/* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
+   traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
+   gcc warns if we don't initialize it.
+   the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata]  */
+#ifdef __STDC__
+#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
+#else
+#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
+#endif
+
 void bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *);
 
 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
Index: git/bfd/section.c
===================================================================
--- git.orig/bfd/section.c	2017-09-20 12:54:44.847475928 +0530
+++ git/bfd/section.c	2017-09-20 12:54:44.903476171 +0530
@@ -738,20 +738,20 @@
 .     { NULL }, { NULL }						\
 .    }
 .
+.{* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
+.   traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
+.   gcc warns if we don't initialize it.
+.   the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata]  *}
+.#ifdef __STDC__
+.#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+.  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
+.#else
+.#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
+.  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
+.#endif
+.
 */
 
-/* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
-   traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
-   gcc warns if we don't initialize it.  */
- /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
-#ifdef __STDC__
-#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
-  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
-#else
-#define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
-  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
-#endif
-
 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD.  Therefore, anything
    that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired.  */
 
Index: git/bfd/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- git.orig/bfd/ChangeLog	2017-09-20 12:54:44.735475444 +0530
+++ git/bfd/ChangeLog	2017-09-20 12:54:44.903476171 +0530
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@
        * readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Remove null GOT data check.
 
 2017-04-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 21414
+	* section.c (GLOBAL_SYM_INIT): Make available in bfd.h.
+	* elf.c (lcomm_sym): New.
+	(_bfd_elf_large_com_section): Use lcomm_sym section symbol.
+	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+
+2017-04-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
  
        PR 21412
        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data <get_reloc_section>): Change
Index: git/bfd/elf.c
===================================================================
--- git.orig/bfd/elf.c	2017-09-20 12:54:44.847475928 +0530
+++ git/bfd/elf.c	2017-09-20 13:00:22.636091768 +0530
@@ -10986,9 +10986,11 @@
 
 /* It is only used by x86-64 so far.
    ??? This repeats *COM* id of zero.  sec->id is supposed to be unique,
-   but current usage would allow all of _bfd_std_section to be zero.  t*/
+   but current usage would allow all of _bfd_std_section to be zero.  */
+static const asymbol lcomm_sym
+  = GLOBAL_SYM_INIT ("LARGE_COMMON", &_bfd_elf_large_com_section);
 asection _bfd_elf_large_com_section
-  = BFD_FAKE_SECTION (_bfd_elf_large_com_section, NULL,
+  = BFD_FAKE_SECTION (_bfd_elf_large_com_section, &lcomm_sym,
 		      "LARGE_COMMON", 0, SEC_IS_COMMON);
 
 void