Landing: 64ca9aa24218
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils/objcopy
Date
2026-07-07
Author
Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
Commit
64ca9aa24218cee8b31c4dc47694369da67b1acd
Source
public_inbox
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- binutils
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- binutils/objcopy
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- 64ca9aa24218cee8b31c4dc47694369da67b1acd
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- headline
- Fix objcopy crash when updating SHT_GROUP sections
- tldr
- objcopy no longer crashes when attempting to update SHT_GROUP sections.
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- Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
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- committed
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- • binutils
- • objcopy
- • bugfix
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- public_inbox:binutils#34353
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- date
- 2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
objcopy previously crashed with a null-pointer dereference when the —update-section option was used on a SHT_GROUP section. This occurred because the output_section was NULL in such cases. This change modifies objcopy to correctly handle this scenario, preventing the crash and improving error reporting.