debug/macho: don't crash when reading non-Mach-O files

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/838046

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/pkg/debug/macho/file.go b/src/pkg/debug/macho/file.go
index 7c492ef524..018f71e141 100644
--- a/src/pkg/debug/macho/file.go
+++ b/src/pkg/debug/macho/file.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func NewFile(r io.ReaderAt) (*File, os.Error) {
 
 	// Read and decode Mach magic to determine byte order, size.
 	// Magic32 and Magic64 differ only in the bottom bit.
-	var ident [4]uint8
+	var ident [4]byte
 	if _, err := r.ReadAt(&ident, 0); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ func NewFile(r io.ReaderAt) (*File, os.Error) {
 	case le &^ 1:
 		f.ByteOrder = binary.LittleEndian
 		f.Magic = le
+	default:
+		return nil, &FormatError{0, "invalid magic number", nil}
 	}
 
 	// Read entire file header.
diff --git a/src/pkg/debug/macho/file_test.go b/src/pkg/debug/macho/file_test.go
index d69e49cbfe..d4f3fc19c9 100644
--- a/src/pkg/debug/macho/file_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/debug/macho/file_test.go
@@ -157,3 +157,11 @@ func TestOpen(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func TestOpenFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	filename := "file.go"    // not a Mach-O file
+	_, err := Open(filename) // don't crash
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("open %s: succeeded unexpectedly", filename)
+	}
+}