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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/elf/dl-sym.c b/elf/dl-sym.c
index 56fea86fa8..917b540e55 100644
--- a/elf/dl-sym.c
+++ b/elf/dl-sym.c
@@ -91,10 +91,17 @@ do_sym (void *handle, const char *name, void *who,
lookup_t result;
ElfW(Addr) caller = (ElfW(Addr)) who;
+ struct link_map *match = NULL;
struct link_map *l = _dl_find_dso_for_object (caller);
- /* If the address is not recognized the call comes from the main
- program (we hope). */
- struct link_map *match = l ? l : GL(dl_ns)[LM_ID_BASE]._ns_loaded;
+
+ /* Failure to determinet the caller's namespace is a fatal
+ error since we need it for handling namespace isolation
+ correctly. Falling back to LM_ID_BASE will break isolation. */
+ if (l == NULL)
+ GLRO(dl_signal_error) (EINVAL, NULL, NULL, N_("\
+unable to determine caller's namespace during symbol lookup"));
+
+ match = l;
if (handle == RTLD_DEFAULT)
{