https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26734
Bug ID: 26734 Summary: ELF saving fails for an AARCH64 binary built with -mbranch-protection=standard Product: elfutils Version: unspecified Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: libelf Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org Reporter: mliska at suse dot cz CC: elfutils-devel at sourceware dot org Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 12897 --> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=12897&action=edit Problematic binary The following code snippet fails (isolated from debugedit.c from rpm package): $ cat demo.c #include <libelf.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <error.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { elf_version (EV_CURRENT); int fd = open (argv[1], O_RDWR); Elf *elf = NULL; int i; elf = elf_begin (fd, ELF_C_RDWR, NULL); if (elf == NULL) { error (0, 0, "cannot open ELF file: %s", elf_errmsg (-1)); exit (1); } if (elf_update (elf, ELF_C_NULL) < 0) { fprintf (stderr, "Failed to update file: %s\n", elf_errmsg (elf_errno ())); exit (1); } } I used latest elfutils libelf.so: $ gcc demo.c -lelf && LD_PRELOAD=/home/marxin/Programming/elfutils/libelf/libelf.so ./a.out /tmp/authvar Failed to update file: invalid section entry size -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.