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Description of problem:

Running annocheck on  /lib64/libc.so.6 ppc64le segfaults when debuginfos are installed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

annobin-annocheck-9.90-1.el9.ppc64le
glibc-2.34-2.el9.ppc64le

How reproducible:

Deterministic.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf install -y /usr/bin/annocheck glibc
2. dnf debuginfo-install -y glibc
3. annocheck --verbose --verbose --ignore-gaps --skip-all --test-pic --test-pie --test-stack-prot /lib64/libc.so.6

Actual results:

The output ends with

Hardened: Scanning 495 lines in the DWARF line table.
Hardened: Scanning 223 lines in the DWARF line table.
Hardened: Scanning 223 lines in the DWARF line table.
Hardened: Scanning 208 lines in the DWARF line table.
Hardened: Scanning 680 lines in the DWARF line table.
Hardened: Scanning 684 lines in the DWARF line table.
Hardened: Scanning 140735355811408 lines in the DWARF line table.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Expected results:

No segfault.

Additional info:

When annocheck is run in a pipe, that last line

Hardened: Scanning 140735355811408 lines in the DWARF line table.

is not shown, likely due to buffering.

For the record, I see the same segfault even when I downgrade to (say) annobin-annocheck-9.83-1.el9.ppc64le, so it's not a recent regression.

I think the issue is that annobin doesn't check whether the elfutils/libdw dwarf_getsrclines () call succeeds, if it fails lines will not be set, but be some random number.

Thanks Mark - yes the problem is that annoeck is not testing a return code from an elfutils library call.
Fixed in rawhide - waiting for RHEL 9.0 development to open.

Fixed in annobin-10.06-1.el9

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (new packages: annobin), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2022:2342