From 063c511bd79281f33fd33f0964541a73511b9e2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 00:07:29 +1030
Subject: [PATCH] PR25078, stack overflow in function find_abstract_instance

	PR 25078
	* dwarf2.c (find_abstract_instance): Delete orig_info_ptr, add
	recur_count.  Error on recur_count reaching 100 rather than
	info_ptr matching orig_info_ptr.  Adjust calls.

diff --git a/bfd/dwarf2.c b/bfd/dwarf2.c
index 575b082..d39f4fd 100644
--- a/bfd/dwarf2.c
+++ b/bfd/dwarf2.c
@@ -2812,13 +2812,13 @@ static bfd_boolean comp_unit_maybe_decode_line_info (struct comp_unit *,
 						     struct dwarf2_debug *);
 
 static bfd_boolean
-find_abstract_instance (struct comp_unit *   unit,
-			bfd_byte *           orig_info_ptr,
-			struct attribute *   attr_ptr,
-			const char **        pname,
-			bfd_boolean *        is_linkage,
-			char **              filename_ptr,
-			int *                linenumber_ptr)
+find_abstract_instance (struct comp_unit *unit,
+			struct attribute *attr_ptr,
+			unsigned int recur_count,
+			const char **pname,
+			bfd_boolean *is_linkage,
+			char **filename_ptr,
+			int *linenumber_ptr)
 {
   bfd *abfd = unit->abfd;
   bfd_byte *info_ptr;
@@ -2829,6 +2829,14 @@ find_abstract_instance (struct comp_unit *   unit,
   struct attribute attr;
   const char *name = NULL;
 
+  if (recur_count == 100)
+    {
+      _bfd_error_handler
+	(_("DWARF error: abstract instance recursion detected"));
+      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   /* DW_FORM_ref_addr can reference an entry in a different CU. It
      is an offset from the .debug_info section, not the current CU.  */
   if (attr_ptr->form == DW_FORM_ref_addr)
@@ -2962,15 +2970,6 @@ find_abstract_instance (struct comp_unit *   unit,
 					 info_ptr, info_ptr_end);
 	      if (info_ptr == NULL)
 		break;
-	      /* It doesn't ever make sense for DW_AT_specification to
-		 refer to the same DIE.  Stop simple recursion.  */
-	      if (info_ptr == orig_info_ptr)
-		{
-		  _bfd_error_handler
-		    (_("DWARF error: abstract instance recursion detected"));
-		  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
-		  return FALSE;
-		}
 	      switch (attr.name)
 		{
 		case DW_AT_name:
@@ -2984,7 +2983,7 @@ find_abstract_instance (struct comp_unit *   unit,
 		    }
 		  break;
 		case DW_AT_specification:
-		  if (!find_abstract_instance (unit, info_ptr, &attr,
+		  if (!find_abstract_instance (unit, &attr, recur_count + 1,
 					       &name, is_linkage,
 					       filename_ptr, linenumber_ptr))
 		    return FALSE;
@@ -3200,7 +3199,7 @@ scan_unit_for_symbols (struct comp_unit *unit)
 
 		case DW_AT_abstract_origin:
 		case DW_AT_specification:
-		  if (!find_abstract_instance (unit, info_ptr, &attr,
+		  if (!find_abstract_instance (unit, &attr, 0,
 					       &func->name,
 					       &func->is_linkage,
 					       &func->file,
-- 
2.9.3