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authorLaszlo Kiss-Kollar <kiss.kollar.laszlo@gmail.com>2019-05-29 07:09:45 (GMT)
committerLaszlo Kiss-Kollar <kiss.kollar.laszlo@gmail.com>2019-05-29 07:09:45 (GMT)
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Remove zeroing out logic in modifySoname
The original SONAME is filled with 'X' characters in the modifySoname function. This can cause issues if the .dynstr entry is still referenced in other sections, e.g. some libraries use the SONAME entry as version specifiers.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/patchelf.cc')
-rw-r--r--src/patchelf.cc7
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/patchelf.cc b/src/patchelf.cc
index 0b4965a..592799d 100644
--- a/src/patchelf.cc
+++ b/src/patchelf.cc
@@ -1074,13 +1074,6 @@ void ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::modifySoname(sonameMode op, const std::string &
return;
}
- /* Zero out the previous SONAME */
- unsigned int sonameSize = 0;
- if (soname) {
- sonameSize = strlen(soname);
- memset(soname, 'X', sonameSize);
- }
-
debug("new SONAME is '%s'\n", newSoname.c_str());
/* Grow the .dynstr section to make room for the new SONAME. */