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[v2,12/32] elf: Move __rtld_malloc_init_stubs call into _dl_start_final

Message ID 901e4c1a17ffbec769b9c891e3781ccde238ad6c.1688741159.git.fweimer@redhat.com
State New
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Series RELRO link maps | expand

Commit Message

Florian Weimer July 7, 2023, 6:48 p.m. UTC 
Calling an extern function in a different translation unit before
self-relocation is brittle.  The compiler may load the address
at an earlier point in _dl_start, before self-relocation.  In
_dl_start_final, the call is behidn a compiler barrier, so this
cannot happen.
---
 elf/rtld.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
index 54a7ade886..4624d99570 100644
--- a/elf/rtld.c
+++ b/elf/rtld.c
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@  _dl_start_final (void *arg, struct dl_start_final_info *info)
 {
   ElfW(Addr) start_addr;
 
+  __rtld_malloc_init_stubs ();
+
   /* Do not use an initializer for these members because it would
      interfere with __rtld_static_init.  */
   GLRO (dl_find_object) = &_dl_find_object;
@@ -575,8 +577,6 @@  _dl_start (void *arg)
      function, that way the compiler cannot put accesses to the GOT
      before ELF_DYNAMIC_RELOCATE.  */
 
-  __rtld_malloc_init_stubs ();
-
 #ifdef DONT_USE_BOOTSTRAP_MAP
   return _dl_start_final (arg);
 #else