[PATCH v2 2/5] explicitly state code assumptions on output section in AArch64 ld handlers

Matthieu Longo matthieu.longo@arm.com
Tue Oct 14 10:46:08 GMT 2025


When support for non-contiguous memory was added, some corner cases when
sections were removed from the output object, did not emit fatal error and
reached code paths that correctly assumed every input section had a valid
output section, and this led to crashes due to segfault.

This patch adds BFD_ASSERTs in the previously segfaulting code, to
explicitly state code assumptions.
---
 bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index 3c3c2899674..1ac4736021b 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
@@ -3275,6 +3275,7 @@ aarch64_build_one_stub (struct bfd_hash_entry *gen_entry,
 			    stub_entry->target_section);
 
   stub_sec = stub_entry->stub_sec;
+  BFD_ASSERT (stub_sec->output_section != NULL);
 
   /* The layout must not change when a stub may be the target of another.  */
   if (htab->has_double_stub)
@@ -7013,6 +7014,7 @@ elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 	  sym = local_syms + r_symndx;
 	  sym_type = ELFNN_ST_TYPE (sym->st_info);
 	  sec = local_sections[r_symndx];
+	  BFD_ASSERT (sec->output_section != NULL);
 
 	  /* An object file might have a reference to a local
 	     undefined symbol.  This is a daft object file, but we
-- 
2.51.0



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