In case the elf's header e_shstrndx contains SHN_XINDEX, we need to call elf_getshdrstrndx to get the proper string table index. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- dutil.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/dutil.c b/dutil.c index 7b667647420f..11fb7202049c 100644 --- a/dutil.c +++ b/dutil.c @@ -179,12 +179,18 @@ Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep, { Elf_Scn *sec = NULL; size_t cnt = 1; + size_t str_idx; + + if (elf_getshdrstrndx(elf, &str_idx)) + return NULL; while ((sec = elf_nextscn(elf, sec)) != NULL) { char *str; gelf_getshdr(sec, shp); - str = elf_strptr(elf, ep->e_shstrndx, shp->sh_name); + str = elf_strptr(elf, str_idx, shp->sh_name); + if (!str) + return NULL; if (!strcmp(name, str)) { if (index) *index = cnt; -- 2.26.2