* argv.c (expandargv): Limit the number of times that response

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / libiberty / argv.c

diff --git a/libiberty/argv.c b/libiberty/argv.c
index 3084248b96cabd54c7606498cbaa5075873e6394..8476c8fda9e155b765e5262b1087c3bbb3a7cc05 100644 (file)
--- a/libiberty/argv.c
+++ b/libiberty/argv.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Create and destroy argument vectors (argv's)
-   Copyright (C) 1992, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1992, 2001, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Fred Fish @ Cygnus Support
 
 This file is part of the libiberty library.
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ expandargv (int *argcp, char ***argvp)
   int i = 0;
   /* Non-zero if ***argvp has been dynamically allocated.  */
   int argv_dynamic = 0;
+  /* Limit the number of response files that we parse in order
+     to prevent infinite recursion.  */
+  unsigned int iteration_limit = 2000;
   /* Loop over the arguments, handling response files.  We always skip
      ARGVP[0], as that is the name of the program being run.  */
   while (++i < *argcp)
@@ -412,6 +415,12 @@ expandargv (int *argcp, char ***argvp)
       filename = (*argvp)[i];
       if (filename[0] != '@')
        continue;
+      /* If we have iterated too many times then stop.  */
+      if (-- iteration_limit == 0)
+       {
+         fprintf (stderr, "%s: error: too many @-files encountered\n", (*argvp)[0]);
+         xexit (1);
+       }
       /* Read the contents of the file.  */
       f = fopen (++filename, "r");
       if (!f)