diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_ctf.c b/sys/kern/kern_ctf.c
index ee7576ab6fb9..55e73b78c8ed 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_ctf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_ctf.c
@@ -1,304 +1,292 @@
 /*-
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2008 John Birrell <jb@freebsd.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  * are met:
  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  *
  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
+#include <sys/ctf.h>
+
 /*
  * Note this file is included by both link_elf.c and link_elf_obj.c.
- *
- * The CTF header structure definition can't be used here because it's
- * (annoyingly) covered by the CDDL. We will just use a few bytes from
- * it as an integer array where we 'know' what they mean.
  */
-#define CTF_HDR_SIZE		36
-#define CTF_HDR_STRTAB_U32	7
-#define CTF_HDR_STRLEN_U32	8
 
 #ifdef DDB_CTF
 #include <contrib/zlib/zlib.h>
 #endif
 
 static int
 link_elf_ctf_get(linker_file_t lf, linker_ctf_t *lc)
 {
 #ifdef DDB_CTF
 	Elf_Ehdr *hdr = NULL;
 	Elf_Shdr *shdr = NULL;
 	caddr_t ctftab = NULL;
 	caddr_t raw = NULL;
 	caddr_t shstrtab = NULL;
 	elf_file_t ef = (elf_file_t) lf;
 	int flags;
 	int i;
 	int nbytes;
 	size_t sz;
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct thread *td = curthread;
-	uint8_t ctf_hdr[CTF_HDR_SIZE];
+	struct ctf_header cth;
 #endif
 	int error = 0;
 
 	if (lf == NULL || lc == NULL)
 		return (EINVAL);
 
 	/* Set the defaults for no CTF present. That's not a crime! */
 	bzero(lc, sizeof(*lc));
 
 #ifdef DDB_CTF
 	/*
 	 * First check if we've tried to load CTF data previously and the
 	 * CTF ELF section wasn't found. We flag that condition by setting
 	 * ctfcnt to -1. See below.
 	 */
 	if (ef->ctfcnt < 0)
 		return (EFTYPE);
 
 	/* Now check if we've already loaded the CTF data.. */
 	if (ef->ctfcnt > 0) {
 		/* We only need to load once. */
 		lc->ctftab = ef->ctftab;
 		lc->ctfcnt = ef->ctfcnt;
 		lc->symtab = ef->ddbsymtab;
 		lc->strtab = ef->ddbstrtab;
 		lc->strcnt = ef->ddbstrcnt;
 		lc->nsym   = ef->ddbsymcnt;
 		lc->ctfoffp = (uint32_t **) &ef->ctfoff;
 		lc->typoffp = (uint32_t **) &ef->typoff;
 		lc->typlenp = &ef->typlen;
 		return (0);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to try reading the CTF data. Flag no CTF data present
 	 * by default and if we actually succeed in reading it, we'll
 	 * update ctfcnt to the number of bytes read.
 	 */
 	ef->ctfcnt = -1;
 
 	NDINIT(&nd, LOOKUP, FOLLOW, UIO_SYSSPACE, lf->pathname, td);
 	flags = FREAD;
 	error = vn_open(&nd, &flags, 0, NULL);
 	if (error)
 		return (error);
 	NDFREE(&nd, NDF_ONLY_PNBUF);
 
 	/* Allocate memory for the FLF header. */
 	hdr = malloc(sizeof(*hdr), M_LINKER, M_WAITOK);
 
 	/* Read the ELF header. */
 	if ((error = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, nd.ni_vp, hdr, sizeof(*hdr),
 	    0, UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_NODELOCKED, td->td_ucred, NOCRED, NULL,
 	    td)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Sanity check. */
 	if (!IS_ELF(*hdr)) {
 		error = ENOEXEC;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	nbytes = hdr->e_shnum * hdr->e_shentsize;
 	if (nbytes == 0 || hdr->e_shoff == 0 ||
 	    hdr->e_shentsize != sizeof(Elf_Shdr)) {
 		error = ENOEXEC;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate memory for all the section headers */
 	shdr = malloc(nbytes, M_LINKER, M_WAITOK);
 
 	/* Read all the section headers */
 	if ((error = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, nd.ni_vp, (caddr_t)shdr, nbytes,
 	    hdr->e_shoff, UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_NODELOCKED, td->td_ucred, NOCRED,
 	    NULL, td)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to search for the CTF section by name, so if the
 	 * section names aren't present, then we can't locate the
 	 * .SUNW_ctf section containing the CTF data.
 	 */
 	if (hdr->e_shstrndx == 0 || shdr[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_type != SHT_STRTAB) {
 		printf("%s(%d): module %s e_shstrndx is %d, sh_type is %d\n",
 		    __func__, __LINE__, lf->pathname, hdr->e_shstrndx,
 		    shdr[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_type);
 		error = EFTYPE;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate memory to buffer the section header strings. */
 	shstrtab = malloc(shdr[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_size, M_LINKER, M_WAITOK);
 
 	/* Read the section header strings. */
 	if ((error = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, nd.ni_vp, shstrtab,
 	    shdr[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_size, shdr[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset,
 	    UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_NODELOCKED, td->td_ucred, NOCRED, NULL, td)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Search for the section containing the CTF data. */
 	for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++)
 		if (strcmp(".SUNW_ctf", shstrtab + shdr[i].sh_name) == 0)
 			break;
 
 	/* Check if the CTF section wasn't found. */
 	if (i >= hdr->e_shnum) {
 		printf("%s(%d): module %s has no .SUNW_ctf section\n",
 		    __func__, __LINE__, lf->pathname);
 		error = EFTYPE;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Read the CTF header. */
-	if ((error = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, nd.ni_vp, ctf_hdr, sizeof(ctf_hdr),
+	if ((error = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, nd.ni_vp, &cth, sizeof(cth),
 	    shdr[i].sh_offset, UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_NODELOCKED, td->td_ucred,
 	    NOCRED, NULL, td)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Check the CTF magic number. */
-#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
-	if (ctf_hdr[0] != 0xf1 || ctf_hdr[1] != 0xcf) {
-#else
-	if (ctf_hdr[0] != 0xcf || ctf_hdr[1] != 0xf1) {
-#endif
+	if (cth.cth_magic != CTF_MAGIC) {
 		printf("%s(%d): module %s has invalid format\n",
 		    __func__, __LINE__, lf->pathname);
 		error = EFTYPE;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Check if version 2. */
-	if (ctf_hdr[2] != 2) {
+	if (cth.cth_version != CTF_VERSION_2) {
 		printf("%s(%d): module %s CTF format version is %d "
 		    "(2 expected)\n",
-		    __func__, __LINE__, lf->pathname, ctf_hdr[2]);
+		    __func__, __LINE__, lf->pathname, cth.cth_version);
 		error = EFTYPE;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Check if the data is compressed. */
-	if ((ctf_hdr[3] & 0x1) != 0) {
-		uint32_t *u32 = (uint32_t *) ctf_hdr;
-
+	if ((cth.cth_flags & CTF_F_COMPRESS) != 0) {
 		/*
 		 * The last two fields in the CTF header are the offset
 		 * from the end of the header to the start of the string
-		 * data and the length of that string data. se this
+		 * data and the length of that string data. Use this
 		 * information to determine the decompressed CTF data
 		 * buffer required.
 		 */
-		sz = u32[CTF_HDR_STRTAB_U32] + u32[CTF_HDR_STRLEN_U32] +
-		    sizeof(ctf_hdr);
+		sz = cth.cth_stroff + cth.cth_strlen + sizeof(cth);
 
 		/*
 		 * Allocate memory for the compressed CTF data, including
 		 * the header (which isn't compressed).
 		 */
 		raw = malloc(shdr[i].sh_size, M_LINKER, M_WAITOK);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * The CTF data is not compressed, so the ELF section
 		 * size is the same as the buffer size required.
 		 */
 		sz = shdr[i].sh_size;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate memory to buffer the CTF data in its decompressed
 	 * form.
 	 */
 	ctftab = malloc(sz, M_LINKER, M_WAITOK);
 
 	/*
 	 * Read the CTF data into the raw buffer if compressed, or
 	 * directly into the CTF buffer otherwise.
 	 */
 	if ((error = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, nd.ni_vp, raw == NULL ? ctftab : raw,
 	    shdr[i].sh_size, shdr[i].sh_offset, UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_NODELOCKED,
 	    td->td_ucred, NOCRED, NULL, td)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Check if decompression is required. */
 	if (raw != NULL) {
 		uLongf destlen;
 		int ret;
 
 		/*
 		 * The header isn't compressed, so copy that into the
 		 * CTF buffer first.
 		 */
-		bcopy(ctf_hdr, ctftab, sizeof(ctf_hdr));
+		bcopy(&cth, ctftab, sizeof(cth));
 
-		destlen = sz - sizeof(ctf_hdr);
-		ret = uncompress(((uint8_t *) ctftab) + sizeof(ctf_hdr),
-		    &destlen, ((uint8_t *) raw) + sizeof(ctf_hdr),
-		    shdr[i].sh_size - sizeof(ctf_hdr));
+		destlen = sz - sizeof(cth);
+		ret = uncompress(ctftab + sizeof(cth), &destlen,
+		    raw + sizeof(cth), shdr[i].sh_size - sizeof(cth));
 		if (ret != Z_OK) {
-			printf("%s(%d): zlib uncompress returned %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, ret);
+			printf("%s(%d): zlib uncompress returned %d\n",
+			    __func__, __LINE__, ret);
 			error = EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Got the CTF data! */
 	ef->ctftab = ctftab;
 	ef->ctfcnt = shdr[i].sh_size;
 
 	/* We'll retain the memory allocated for the CTF data. */
 	ctftab = NULL;
 
 	/* Let the caller use the CTF data read. */
 	lc->ctftab = ef->ctftab;
 	lc->ctfcnt = ef->ctfcnt;
 	lc->symtab = ef->ddbsymtab;
 	lc->strtab = ef->ddbstrtab;
 	lc->strcnt = ef->ddbstrcnt;
 	lc->nsym   = ef->ddbsymcnt;
 	lc->ctfoffp = (uint32_t **) &ef->ctfoff;
 	lc->typoffp = (uint32_t **) &ef->typoff;
 	lc->typlenp = &ef->typlen;
 
 out:
 	VOP_UNLOCK(nd.ni_vp);
 	vn_close(nd.ni_vp, FREAD, td->td_ucred, td);
 
 	if (hdr != NULL)
 		free(hdr, M_LINKER);
 	if (shdr != NULL)
 		free(shdr, M_LINKER);
 	if (shstrtab != NULL)
 		free(shstrtab, M_LINKER);
 	if (ctftab != NULL)
 		free(ctftab, M_LINKER);
 	if (raw != NULL)
 		free(raw, M_LINKER);
 #else
 	error = EOPNOTSUPP;
 #endif
 
 	return (error);
 }