Landing: 8bff282ca5ca
Project / Subsystem
binutils / bfd
Date
2026-07-27
Author
Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
Commit
8bff282ca5ca40d6acdf492e1db347d082cd1b01
Source
public_inbox
Perf win
No
Breaking
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- binutils
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- headline
- Use ufile_ptr for file position
- tldr
- Replaces `file_ptr` with `ufile_ptr` for file offsets in ELF processing to prevent overflow issues.
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- Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
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- committed
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- • elf
- • security
- • bugfix
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- date
- 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
This commit changes the type used for file positions in BFD’s ELF processing from file_ptr to ufile_ptr. This change, motivated by a fuzzing test that revealed an overflow in file_ptr addition, correctly uses an unsigned type for offsets. It also allows for the removal of a couple of casts.