#!/bin/sh -e # # is_elf_so_executable - checks whether the given ELF shared object # should be treated as an executable. # # Not an every shared object is a library. # For example, PIEs should be treated as executables. # # Copyright (C) 2003-2016 Dmitry V. Levin # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # [ $# -eq 1 ] file="$1"; shift # This dynamic linker used to have its entry point # equal to the text segment start address. [ -n "${file##*/lib64/ld-*.so}" ] || exit 0 section_header="$(readelf --wide --sections "$file" ||:)" # An .interp section means it is an executable, see # comm -12 <(grep -Fl .interp /usr/lib/ldscripts/*) # <(grep -Fle --shared /usr/lib/ldscripts/*) if printf %s "$section_header" |grep -Fqs ' .interp '; then exit 0 fi file_header="$(readelf --wide --file-header "$file" ||:)" # Zero entry point is treated like no entry points. entry="$(printf %s "$file_header" | sed -ne 's/^ \+Entry point address: \+0x0*\([1-9a-f][0-9a-f]*\)$/\1/p')" # Zero text segment start address is treated like no text segments. text="$(printf %s "$section_header" | sed -ne 's/^ *\[ *[0-9]\+\] \.text \+PROGBITS \+0*\([1-9a-f][0-9a-f]*\) \+.*/\1/p')" # Missing entry point or text segment means it is not an executable. # Also, if entry point and text segment start address are equal, # it is not an executable. [ -z "$entry" ] || [ -z "$text" ] || [ "$entry" = "$text" ] || exit 0 exit 1