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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2020-11-20 09:15:44 +0100
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2020-11-22 11:11:32 +0100
commit634f6ec4eb9997d7bd0f8209fad49a4171d42384 (patch)
tree0c9e1de57c164790c4b6cc8397c6c8ce0117b983 /COPYING
parentfdd068507d2694137d72638d87ea961e6f16a753 (diff)
contrib: Parse ELF directly for symbol and security checks
Instead of the ever-messier text parsing of the output of the readelf tool (which is clearly meant for human consumption not to be machine parseable), parse the ELF binaries directly. Add a small dependency-less ELF parser specific to the checks. This is slightly more secure, too, because it removes potential ambiguity due to misparsing and changes in the output format of `elfread`. It also allows for stricter and more specific ELF format checks in the future. This removes the build-time dependency for `readelf`. It passes the test-security-check for me locally, though I haven't checked on all platforms.
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