Landing: f94273aeb379
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils/readelf
Date
2026-08-06
Author
"H.J. Lu" <hjl@sourceware.org>
Commit
f94273aeb37908c32aa26530ff56e862f0060daf
Source
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- Prevent GOT section dump on readelf errors.
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- readelf now avoids dumping GOT section contents if errors are encountered during file processing.
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- "H.J. Lu" <hjl@sourceware.org>
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- • readelf
- • elf
- • error handling
- • bugfix
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- 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
The readelf utility will no longer dump the GOT (Global Offset Table) section if errors are detected during the parsing of an ELF file. This change prevents potentially misleading or corrupt output when the input file has structural issues.