http://bugs.gentoo.org/144833 for gdb/ChangeLog: 2006-08-22 Will Drewry Tavis Ormandy * dwarf2read.c (decode_locdesc): Enforce location description stack boundaries. * dwarfread.c (locval): Likewise. Index: gdb-6.5/gdb/dwarf2read.c =================================================================== --- gdb-6.5.orig/gdb/dwarf2read.c 2006-09-04 02:02:23.000000000 -0300 +++ gdb-6.5/gdb/dwarf2read.c 2006-09-04 02:02:23.000000000 -0300 @@ -8667,8 +8667,7 @@ dwarf2_fundamental_type (struct objfile callers will only want a very basic result and this can become a complaint. - Note that stack[0] is unused except as a default error return. - Note that stack overflow is not yet handled. */ + Note that stack[0] is unused except as a default error return. */ static CORE_ADDR decode_locdesc (struct dwarf_block *blk, struct dwarf2_cu *cu) @@ -8685,7 +8684,7 @@ decode_locdesc (struct dwarf_block *blk, i = 0; stacki = 0; - stack[stacki] = 0; + stack[++stacki] = 0; while (i < size) { @@ -8864,6 +8863,16 @@ decode_locdesc (struct dwarf_block *blk, dwarf_stack_op_name (op)); return (stack[stacki]); } + /* Enforce maximum stack depth of size-1 to avoid ++stacki writing + outside of the allocated space. Also enforce minimum > 0. + -- wad@google.com 14 Aug 2006 */ + if (stacki >= sizeof (stack) / sizeof (*stack) - 1) + internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, + _("location description stack too deep: %d"), + stacki); + if (stacki <= 0) + internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, + _("location description stack too shallow")); } return (stack[stacki]); }