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kamran ul haq 26aba8067f loader: handle SegmentationViolation for malformed ELF files (#2799)
Catch envi.exc.SegmentationViolation raised by vivisect when processing
malformed ELF files with invalid relocations and convert it to a
CorruptFile exception with a descriptive message.

Closes #2794

Co-authored-by: Mike Hunhoff <mike.hunhoff@gmail.com>
2026-02-05 12:24:48 -07:00

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from pathlib import Path
from unittest.mock import patch
import pytest
import envi.exc
from capa.loader import CorruptFile, get_workspace
from capa.features.common import FORMAT_ELF
def test_segmentation_violation_handling():
"""
Test that SegmentationViolation from vivisect is caught and
converted to a CorruptFile exception.
See #2794.
"""
fake_path = Path("/tmp/fake_malformed.elf")
with patch("viv_utils.getWorkspace") as mock_workspace:
mock_workspace.side_effect = envi.exc.SegmentationViolation(
0x30A4B8BD60,
)
with pytest.raises(CorruptFile, match="Invalid memory access"):
get_workspace(fake_path, FORMAT_ELF, [])