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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libebl/eblopenbackend.c b/libebl/eblopenbackend.c
index 3a22f53d..2766e7b0 100644
--- a/libebl/eblopenbackend.c
+++ b/libebl/eblopenbackend.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Generate ELF backend handle.
- Copyright (C) 2000-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
This file is part of elfutils.
This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ static const struct
};
#define nmachines (sizeof (machines) / sizeof (machines[0]))
+/* No machine prefix should be larger than this. */
+#define MAX_PREFIX_LEN 16
/* Default callbacks. Mostly they just return the error value. */
static const char *default_object_type_name (int ignore, char *buf,
@@ -343,7 +345,11 @@ openbackend (elf, emulation, machine)
static const char version[] = MODVERSION;
const char *modversion;
ebl_bhinit_t initp;
- char symname[machines[cnt].prefix_len + sizeof "_init"];
+
+ // We use a static number to help the compiler see we don't
+ // overflow the stack with an arbitrary number.
+ assert (machines[cnt].prefix_len <= MAX_PREFIX_LEN);
+ char symname[MAX_PREFIX_LEN + sizeof "_init"];
strcpy (mempcpy (symname, machines[cnt].prefix,
machines[cnt].prefix_len), "_init");