#1065176 warnings while running readelf

#1065176#5
Date:
2024-03-01 14:24:31 UTC
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Hi,

lintian outputs some warnings on some packages. Example with fq:

vagrant@testing:~$ lintian fq_0.9.0-2.dsc
fq_0.9.0-2.dsc (patched): Warning while running readelf onformat/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 12]:   [ 5] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 0000000200000003 46800000000 46800000000 100000000  xx  0 194  0 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
fq_0.9.0-2.dsc (patched): Warning while running readelf onformat/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 17]:   [ 7] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 0000004200000004 5c000000000 5c000000000 800000013 xxxx  0  72 17179869184 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
fq_0.9.0-2.dsc (patched): Warning while running readelf onformat/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 20]:   [ 8] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 0000000600000001 100000000000 100000000000 100000000 xxx  0  13  0 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
fq_0.9.0-2.dsc (patched): Warning while running readelf onformat/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 71]:   [32] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 00ff000000000003 000000 3ba000000000 100000000  xx  0 493  0 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
unnamed: Warning while running readelf onfq-0.9.0/format/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 12]:   [ 5] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 0000000200000003 46800000000 46800000000 100000000  xx  0 194  0 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
unnamed: Warning while running readelf onfq-0.9.0/format/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 17]:   [ 7] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 0000004200000004 5c000000000 5c000000000 800000013 xxxx  0  72 17179869184 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
unnamed: Warning while running readelf onfq-0.9.0/format/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 20]:   [ 8] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 0000000600000001 100000000000 100000000000 100000000 xxx  0  13  0 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
unnamed: Warning while running readelf onfq-0.9.0/format/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab: Parse error in readelf section headers [row 71]:   [32] <no-strings>      00000018: <unknown> 00ff000000000003 000000 3ba000000000 100000000  xx  0 493  0 at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Index/Elf.pm line 569.
W: fq source: elf-error In ELF header: Reading 67675799683072 bytes extends past end of file for string table [format/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab]
W: fq source: elf-error In program headers: the PHDR segment is not covered by a LOAD segment [format/elf/testdata/regression/bigstrtab]
vagrant@testing:~$


The following packages are affected:

udd=> select source,version from lintian_logs where message !='' and message ~ 'Warning while running readelf';
         source          |                  version
-------------------------+-------------------------------------------
 fq                      | 0.9.0-2
 yara                    | 4.5.0-1
 llvm-toolchain-15       | 1:15.0.7-11.1
 upx-ucl                 | 4.2.2-3
 llvm-toolchain-17       | 1:17.0.6-5
 llvm-toolchain-17       | 1:17.0.6-5.1~exp1
 llvm-toolchain-15       | 1:15.0.7-11
 haskell-xmlhtml         | 0.2.5.4-1
 llvm-toolchain-snapshot | 1:19~++20240125092523+41fe98a6e7e5-1~exp1
 llvm-toolchain-18       | 1:18.1.0~rc2-4
 haskell-ghc-exactprint  | 1.6.1.3-1
 llvm-toolchain-14       | 1:14.0.6-16.1~exp1
 ghc                     | 9.4.7-3
 ghc                     | 9.6.4-1~exp1
 patchelf                | 0.18.0-1.1
 haskell-ghc-lib-parser  | 9.4.7.20230826-1
 haskell-texmath         | 0.12.8.3-1
 llvm-toolchain-16       | 1:16.0.6-20
 mimetic                 | 0.9.8-12~exp1
 haskell-gi-gtk          | 3.0.41-1
 haskell-lambdahack      | 0.11.0.0-4
 swiftlang               | 5.6.3-3
 haskell-src-exts        | 1.23.1-4
 mimetic                 | 0.9.8-12
 llvm-toolchain-14       | 1:14.0.6-16.1
 haskell-emojis          | 0.1.3-1
 mes                     | 0.26-1
(27 rows)