https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21319
Bug ID: 21319
Summary: readelf --debug-dump=gdb_index fails to dump valid
address tables
Product: binutils
Version: 2.28
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: binutils
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: john.delsignore at roguewave dot com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 9950
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Compressed tar file with ELF executable file containing a .gdb_index that
demonstrates the readelf bug, and a patch to dwarf.c that fixes the bug.
readelf --debug-dump=gdb_index fails to dump valid address tables. It prints
the warning "readelf: Warning: Address table extends beyond end of section.",
and then abandons dumping the section.
For example, tx_ttf_vector was built with GCC Split-DWARF and .gdb_index using
the gold linker, and when dumping the section, it prints the following:
fed:/nfs/fedora25-x8664/u0/home/jdelsign/tvbld/linux-x86-64/fedora25-x8664/totalview.develop/debugger/src/tests/bld/gcc_6.3.1_split-dwarf-gdb-index_64>/bin/readelf
--debug-dump=gdb_index tx_ttf_vector
Contents of the .gdb_index section:
Version 7
readelf: Warning: Address table extends beyond end of section.
fed:/nfs/fedora25-x8664/u0/home/jdelsign/tvbld/linux-x86-64/fedora25-x8664/totalview.develop/debugger/src/tests/bld/gcc_6.3.1_split-dwarf-gdb-index_64>
I tracked the bug to a problem in the dwarf.c module used by readelf. The check
for the address table extending off the end of the section is wrong. It is
multiplying the address_table_size by "(2 + 8 + 4)", which was presumably
intended to be the size of an address table element, but address_table_size is
already the size of the address table in bytes, not the count of entries.
In fact, "(2 + 8 + 4)" is not the size of an address table entry, which is two
64-bit addresses and one 32-bit index into the CU table, meaning the entry size
is "(2 * 8 + 4)".
I attached the executable file tx_ttf_vector, and a patch to dwarf.c that fixes
the bug.
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