* section.c (bfd_get_section_contents): Detect and handle the case

        where a section has the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag set but no actual
        contents allocated.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 5a335a6290..dc8225f39d 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -1436,6 +1436,16 @@ bfd_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
 
   if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
     {
+      if (section->contents == NULL)
+	{
+	  /* This can happen because of errors earlier on in the linking process.
+	     We do not want to seg-fault here, so clear the flag and return an
+	     error code.  */
+	  section->flags &= ~ SEC_IN_MEMORY;
+	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+	  return FALSE;
+	}
+      
       memcpy (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
       return TRUE;
     }