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bug #42661: libunwind-coredump fails to read remaining note entries in case a note entry has a n_descsz that is not a multiple of 4

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Submitted on:  Wed 02 Jul 2014 06:23:54 AM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
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Wed 02 Jul 2014 06:23:54 AM UTC, original submission:

Both the name and desc fields in a elf note are padded to fill up a multiple of 4 bytes. The code for iterating over the node entries takes the alignment of name into account but not the alignment of desc.

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file #31658:  coredump_note_alignment_fix.patch added by None (835B - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Fri 13 Jan 2017 05:29:03 PM UTCdjwatson24Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Wed 02 Jul 2014 06:23:54 AM UTCNoneAttached File-=>Added coredump_note_alignment_fix.patch, #31658

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