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          <th>Bug ID</th>
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          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - [llvm-readobj] - Tool fails to dump the object if .dynsym has sh_link field set to 0."
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42215">42215</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>[llvm-readobj] - Tool fails to dump the object if .dynsym has sh_link field set to 0.
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>tools
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        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Windows NT
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>llvm-readobj
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>grimar@accesssoftek.com
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>jh7370.2008@my.bristol.ac.uk, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>It also applies to any other invalid value of sh_link.

Tool reports:
  error: invalid sh_type for string table, expected SHT_STRTAB
and exits

while GNU readelf reports a warning and continues dumping:

Section Headers:
  [Nr] Name              Type             Address           Offset
       Size              EntSize          Flags  Link  Info  Align
  [ 0]                   NULL             0000000000000000  00000000
       0000000000000000  0000000000000000           0     0     0
readelf: Warning: [ 1]: Link field (1711276134) should index a string section.
  [ 1] .dynsym           DYNSYM           0000000000000000  00000180
       0000000000000002  0000000000000018   A      1711276134     0     0</pre>
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