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-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c b/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c
index a7a38fb4ece0..6d74064add0a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ static off_t get_hdrs_offset(int kernelfd, const char *filename)
offset -= LOOKBACK;
/* skip a.out header */
offset += AOUT_TEXT_OFFSET;
+ if (offset < 0) {
+ errno = -EINVAL;
+ die("Calculated a negative offset, probably elftoaout generated an invalid image. Did you use a recent elftoaout ?");
+ }
if (lseek(kernelfd, offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)
die("lseek");
if (read(kernelfd, buffer, BUFSIZE) != BUFSIZE)