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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c2
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c b/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c
index 1e07929e7e..c1a4c1e55f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ __libc_start_main (int (*main) (int, char **, char **), int argc,
int *dummy_addr = &_dl_starting_up;
__libc_multiple_libcs = dummy_addr && !_dl_starting_up;
+#endif
/* Store the lowest stack address. */
__libc_stack_end = stack_end;
-#endif
/* Set the global _environ variable correctly. */
__environ = &argv[argc + 1];
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c b/sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c
index 0d484c7723..5e84205b04 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
#include <execinfo.h>
+/* This is a global variable set at program start time. It marks the
+ highest used stack address. */
+extern void *__libc_stack_end;
+
+
/* This is the stack alyout we see with every stack frame.
+-----------------+ +-----------------+
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ __backtrace (array, size)
{
/* We assume that all the code is generated with frame pointers set. */
register void *ebp __asm__ ("ebp");
+ register void *esp __asm__ ("esp");
struct layout *current;
int cnt = 0;
@@ -49,8 +55,10 @@ __backtrace (array, size)
current = (struct layout *) ebp;
while (cnt < size)
{
- if (current == NULL)
- /* This means the toplevel is reached. */
+ if (current < esp || current > __libc_stack_end)
+ /* This means the address is out of range. Note that for the
+ toplevel we see a frame pointer with value NULL which clearly is
+ out of range. */
break;
array[cnt++] = current->return_address;