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Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/elfcode.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/elfcode.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h index f7f85ba205..9bb66e11c0 100644 --- a/bfd/elfcode.h +++ b/bfd/elfcode.h @@ -742,9 +742,18 @@ elf_object_p (bfd *abfd) if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx >= elf_numsections (abfd) || (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx >= SHN_LORESERVE && i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx <= SHN_HIRESERVE)) - goto got_wrong_format_error; + { + /* PR 2257: + We used to just goto got_wrong_format_error here + but there are binaries in existance for which this test + will prevent the binutils from working with them at all. + So we are kind, and reset the string index value to 0 + so that at least some processing can be done. */ + i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx = SHN_UNDEF; + _bfd_error_handler (_("warning: %s has a corrupt string table index - ignoring"), abfd->filename); + } } - else if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx != 0) + else if (i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx != SHN_UNDEF) goto got_wrong_format_error; /* Read in the program headers. */ |