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-rw-r--r--lib/libelf/elf_begin.36
-rw-r--r--lib/libelf/elf_begin.c10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_begin.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_begin.3
index dac4910..22c76ac 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_begin.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_begin.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 21, 2006
+.Dd April 11, 2010
.Dt ELF_BEGIN 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ archive may be opened in read mode (with argument
set to
.Dv ELF_C_READ )
using
-.Fn elf_begin .
+.Fn elf_begin
+or
+.Fn elf_memory .
The returned ELF descriptor can be passed into to
subsequent calls to
.Fn elf_begin
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_begin.c b/lib/libelf/elf_begin.c
index 7879dbe..6e81e32 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_begin.c
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_begin.c
@@ -131,13 +131,15 @@ elf_begin(int fd, Elf_Cmd c, Elf *a)
case ELF_C_READ:
/*
* Descriptor `a' could be for a regular ELF file, or
- * for an ar(1) archive.
+ * for an ar(1) archive. If descriptor `a' was opened
+ * using a valid file descriptor, we need to check if
+ * the passed in `fd' value matches the original one.
*/
- if (a && (a->e_fd != fd || c != a->e_cmd)) {
+ if (a &&
+ ((a->e_fd != -1 && a->e_fd != fd) || c != a->e_cmd)) {
LIBELF_SET_ERROR(ARGUMENT, 0);
return (NULL);
}
-
break;
default:
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ elf_begin(int fd, Elf_Cmd c, Elf *a)
if (a == NULL)
e = _libelf_open_object(fd, c);
else if (a->e_kind == ELF_K_AR)
- e = _libelf_ar_open_member(fd, c, a);
+ e = _libelf_ar_open_member(a->e_fd, c, a);
else
(e = a)->e_activations++;
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