On 7 May 2014 15:48, Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 7 May 2014 15:34, Paul Jimenez <1317...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
>> Bug description:
>>   Using the latest version of qemu-user-static from trusty, 2.0.0+dfsg-
>>   2ubuntu1.
>>
>>   Reported to qemu and patch submitted long ago by the guy who wrote 
>> http://www.devttys0.com/2011/12/qemu-vs-sstrip/
>>   but apparently dropped on the floor - at least, I can't find it in any 
>> qemu bug tracker anywhere.  It's now keeping me from running openwrt 
>> binaries under qemu-arm-static (because the openwrt guys strip section 
>> headers to save space on their teeny embedded boxes).  It's a one-line 
>> patch, reproduced here:
>>
>>   --- qemu/linux-user/elfload.c   2011-12-02 15:16:07.637541215 -0500
>>   +++ qemu-patched/linux-user/elfload.c   2011-12-02 15:27:24.061522798 -0500
>>   @@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ static bool elf_check_ehdr(struct elfhdr
>>        return (elf_check_arch(ehdr->e_machine)
>>                && ehdr->e_ehsize == sizeof(struct elfhdr)
>>                && ehdr->e_phentsize == sizeof(struct elf_phdr)
>>   -            && ehdr->e_shentsize == sizeof(struct elf_shdr)
>>                && (ehdr->e_type == ET_EXEC || ehdr->e_type == ET_DYN));
>>    }
>
> Yeah; the equivalent kernel code:
> http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.14.3/fs/binfmt_elf.c#L595
> doesn't check the section header size, and nor should QEMU.

Original 2011 patch:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-trivial/2011-12/msg00025.html

(hitting the 'reply' button gets us back the original email
address to fix up the signed-off-by line with, so we can
credit the fix to Craig properly.)

thanks
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