Commit ee13aaeb8ddb8d00d4186c300b616b21da121963 | zig

author	Matthew Lugg <mlugg@mlugg.co.uk> 2026-05-28 12:14:19+01:00
committer	Matthew Lugg <mlugg@mlugg.co.uk> 2026-05-28 12:16:58+01:00
log	ee13aaeb8ddb8d00d4186c300b616b21da121963
tree	9935c9764c2c1a60e8edd09ac6d7ef49a4e217e4
parent	a7531ba928938029f2381b8ec5845c2797528b12
signature	Commit is signed but in an unrecognized format.

Elf2: prevent bogus relocations into debug sections

If a `.debug_*` section---or any non-alloc section for that
matter!---references a symbol which is not resolved, we must not emit a
dynamic relocation for it. Since a non-alloc section's base virtual
address is 0, this could potentially cause crashes in rtld.

I'm not sure what the correct behavior is here, but for now, this
prevents a possible crash.

1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

src
- link
  - Elf2.zig

src/link/Elf2.zig+21-10

 @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ section_by_name: std.array_hash_map.Auto(String(.shstrtab), void),
 changed_symtab_index: std.array_hash_map.Auto(String(.strtab), void),
 /// Counts how many relocations are currently in `.rela.dyn` which would require a `DT_TEXTREL`
 /// entry in the `.dynamic` section. This allows adding `DT_TEXTREL` to the output `.dynamic`
-/// section in `flush` only when it is actually necessary. See also `nodeRequiresTextrel`.
+/// section in `flush` only when it is actually necessary. See also `nodeWantsDsoRelocation`.
 textrel_count: u32,
 const_prog_node: std.Progress.Node,
 @@ -1128,8 +1128,10 @@ const SymbolReloc = struct {
         }
         if (reloc.rela_index.unwrap()) |rela_index| {
             reloc.relaSection(elf).relaDeleteOne(elf, rela_index);
-            if (elf.nodeRequiresTextrel(reloc.node)) {
+            switch (elf.nodeWantsDsoRelocation(reloc.node)) {
-                elf.textrel_count -= 1;
+                .no => unreachable, // there *was* a dynamic relocation!
+                .yes => {},
+                .yes_textrel => elf.textrel_count -= 1,
             }
         }
         if (reloc.type.dependsOnTlsSize()) {
 @@ -1672,8 +1674,10 @@ fn setGlobalSymbolValue(
             assert(reloc.target == Symbol.Id.global(global_name));
             if (reloc.rela_index.unwrap()) |rela_index| {
                 reloc.relaSection(elf).relaDeleteOne(elf, rela_index);
-                if (elf.nodeRequiresTextrel(reloc.node)) {
+                switch (elf.nodeWantsDsoRelocation(reloc.node)) {
-                    elf.textrel_count -= 1;
+                    .no => unreachable, // there *was* a dynamic relocation!
+                    .yes => {},
+                    .yes_textrel => elf.textrel_count -= 1,
                 }
                 reloc.rela_index = .none;
             }
 @@ -5108,8 +5112,10 @@ fn addSymbolRelocAssumeCapacity(
             } else elf.globalByName(name).?.dynsym_index,
         };
-        if (elf.nodeRequiresTextrel(node)) {
+        switch (elf.nodeWantsDsoRelocation(node)) {
-            elf.textrel_count += 1;
+            .no => break :r .none,
+            .yes => {},
+            .yes_textrel => elf.textrel_count += 1,
         }
         // It currently looks like we need a runtime relocation for this.
 @@ -5383,13 +5389,18 @@ fn updateGotEntry(elf: *Elf, got_index: usize) void {
     };
 }
-/// Returns whether a `DT_TEXTREL` dynamic entry is needed to have a runtime relocation in `node`.
+/// If `node` cannot contain runtime relocations, returns `.no`.
-fn nodeRequiresTextrel(elf: *Elf, node: MappedFile.Node.Index) bool {
+///
+/// If `node` can contain runtime relocations, `returns `.yes_textrel` if such a relocation requires
+/// the presence of a `DT_TEXTREL` dynamic entry, or `.yes` otherwise.
+fn nodeWantsDsoRelocation(elf: *Elf, node: MappedFile.Node.Index) enum { yes, yes_textrel, no } {
     const shndx = elf.getNodeShndx(node);
     const shf: std.elf.SHF = switch (elf.shdrPtr(shndx)) {
         inline else => |shdr| elf.targetLoad(&shdr.flags).shf,
     };
-    return shf.ALLOC and !shf.WRITE;
+    if (!shf.ALLOC) return .no;
+    if (!shf.WRITE) return .yes_textrel;
+    return .yes;
 }
 pub fn updateNav(elf: *Elf, pt: Zcu.PerThread, nav_index: InternPool.Nav.Index) !void {