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symtab/2185: Crash (and fix) reading dwarf with missing DW_LNE_end_sequence opcode


>Number:         2185
>Category:       symtab
>Synopsis:       Crash (and fix) reading dwarf with missing DW_LNE_end_sequence opcode
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 16 22:08:01 UTC 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     apratt@us.ibm.com
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
Solaris x86_64
>Description:
In some (unknown) circumstances, the Sun "cc" compiler version 5.8 can produce dwarf line tables with no DW_LNE_end_sequence opcode at the end of the line table data. The loop in dwarf_decode_lines() in src/gdb/dwarf2read.c expects that opcode to appear, as demanded by the DWARF specification. When the opcode does not appear, gdb crashes after reading garbage as line-table-program opcodes.

The attached patch causes the line-data loop to terminate when the end_sequence opcode is seen OR when the pointer reaches the end of the table, as specified in lh->statement_program_end. This prevents the crash described here.
>How-To-Repeat:
Build gimp-2.2.11 on Solaris x86_64 with "cc -xarch=amd64 -g" using Sun cc 5.8. Try to debug the resulting gimp-2.2 executable. See crash. Dump dwarf data, see missing DW_LNE_end_sequence in some line data sections.
>Fix:
See the patch. Exit the line data loop if the pointer falls off the end of the line data, whether or not a DW_LNE_end_sequence opcode has been seen.
>Release-Note:
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