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diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 01176bf..0c2510e 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
# Andreas Degert's find functions, using gcc, /sbin/ldconfig, objdump
import re, tempfile
+ def _is_elf(filename):
+ "Return True if the given file is an ELF file"
+ elf_header = b'\x7fELF'
+ with open(filename, 'br') as thefile:
+ return thefile.read(4) == elf_header
+
def _findLib_gcc(name):
# Run GCC's linker with the -t (aka --trace) option and examine the
# library name it prints out. The GCC command will fail because we
@@ -130,10 +136,17 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
# Raised if the file was already removed, which is the normal
# behaviour of GCC if linking fails
pass
- res = re.search(expr, trace)
+ res = re.findall(expr, trace)
if not res:
return None
- return os.fsdecode(res.group(0))
+
+ for file in res:
+ # Check if the given file is an elf file: gcc can report
+ # some files that are linker scripts and not actual
+ # shared objects. See bpo-41976 for more details
+ if not _is_elf(file):
+ continue
+ return os.fsdecode(file)
if sys.platform == "sunos5":
@@ -299,9 +312,14 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
universal_newlines=True)
out, _ = p.communicate()
- res = re.search(expr, os.fsdecode(out))
- if res:
- result = res.group(0)
+ res = re.findall(expr, os.fsdecode(out))
+ for file in res:
+ # Check if the given file is an elf file: gcc can report
+ # some files that are linker scripts and not actual
+ # shared objects. See bpo-41976 for more details
+ if not _is_elf(file):
+ continue
+ return os.fsdecode(file)
except Exception:
pass # result will be None
return result
@@ -309,7 +327,7 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
def find_library(name):
# See issue #9998
return _findSoname_ldconfig(name) or \
- _get_soname(_findLib_gcc(name) or _findLib_ld(name))
+ _get_soname(_findLib_gcc(name)) or _get_soname(_findLib_ld(name))
################################################################
# test code