On 20/09/2024 11:36 am, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> diff --git a/xen/common/livepatch.c b/xen/common/livepatch.c
> index d93a556bcda2..cea47ffe4c84 100644
> --- a/xen/common/livepatch.c
> +++ b/xen/common/livepatch.c
> @@ -647,15 +647,37 @@ static inline int livepatch_check_expectations(const
> struct payload *payload)
> nhooks = __sec->sec->sh_size / sizeof(*hook);
> \
> } while (0)
>
> +static int fetch_buildid(const struct livepatch_elf_sec *sec,
> + struct livepatch_build_id *id)
Is this really fetch? I'd describe it as parse, more than fetch.
> +{
> + const Elf_Note *n = sec->load_addr;
> + int rc;
> +
> + ASSERT(sec);
This needs to turn back into a runtime check. Now, if a livepatch is
missing one of the sections, we'll dereference NULL below, rather than
leaving no data in the struct livepatch_build_id.
~Andrew