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-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 9dfaf2b..a91b99b 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2016-06-02 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ PR 20089
+ * objcopy.c (group_signature): Fail if the input symbol table has
+ not been loaded.
+
* dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Do not display any
interpretation if the block consists solely of DW__CFA_NOPs.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 9426761..98332cd 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,10 @@ group_signature (asection *group)
bfd *abfd = group->owner;
Elf_Internal_Shdr *ghdr;
+ /* PR 20089: An earlier error may have prevented us from loading the symbol table. */
+ if (isympp == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
return NULL;