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-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c19
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c b/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c
index bb7c95161d71..6d74064add0a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
Simple utility to make a single-image install kernel with initial ramdisk
for Sparc tftpbooting without need to set up nfs.
@@ -6,19 +7,7 @@
Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com> endian fixes for cross-compiles, 2000.
Copyright (C) 2011 Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+ */
#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -165,6 +154,10 @@ static off_t get_hdrs_offset(int kernelfd, const char *filename)
offset -= LOOKBACK;
/* skip a.out header */
offset += AOUT_TEXT_OFFSET;
+ if (offset < 0) {
+ errno = -EINVAL;
+ die("Calculated a negative offset, probably elftoaout generated an invalid image. Did you use a recent elftoaout ?");
+ }
if (lseek(kernelfd, offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)
die("lseek");
if (read(kernelfd, buffer, BUFSIZE) != BUFSIZE)