elf-error

The file appears to be in ELF format but readelf produced the indicated error when parsing it.

In case of a false positive, you may need to install binutils-multiarch so that ELF files from other architectures are handled correctly. It is also possible that the file is not actually in ELF format but was misidentified as such.

For more information please consult:

https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/elf/elf.pdf
the readelf(1) manual page

The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163. That is the most recent version we know about.

We use semantic versions. The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the 2.114.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit d219a5a. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check binaries/corrupted.

Visibility: warning

Renamed from:

apparently-corrupted-elf-binary

The following 16 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 135 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.

aflplusplus

In program headers: the segment's file size is larger than its memory size [docs/vuln_samples/strings-bfd-badptr2.elf]
In program headers: the segment's file size is larger than its memory size [usr/share/doc/afl++-doc/vuln_samples/strings-bfd-badptr2.elf]

distlib

In ELF header: Reading 2304 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/scripts/uwsgi_part]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/scripts/uwsgi_part]
In program headers: the dynamic segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file [tests/scripts/uwsgi_part]

golang-1.17

In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-no-rela-x86-64]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-with-rela-x86-64]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [usr/share/go-1.17/src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-no-rela-x86-64]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [usr/share/go-1.17/src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-with-rela-x86-64]

golang-1.18

In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-no-rela-x86-64]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-with-rela-x86-64]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [usr/share/go-1.18/src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-no-rela-x86-64]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [usr/share/go-1.18/src/debug/elf/testdata/go-relocation-test-gcc930-ranges-with-rela-x86-64]

libabigail

In ELF header: Reading 105472 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test27-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Reading 17990 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test26-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Reading 2040066 bytes extends past end of file for program headers [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test25-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test25-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test26-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test27-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x49ff - the file is not that big [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test27-bogus-binary.elf]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x606 - the file is not that big [tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test26-bogus-binary.elf]

libopencsd

In ELF header: Reading 1728 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [decoder/tests/snapshots/juno-uname-001/uname.bin]
In ELF header: Reading 896 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [decoder/tests/snapshots/juno-uname-001/vdso.bin]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [decoder/tests/snapshots/juno-uname-001/uname.bin]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [decoder/tests/snapshots/juno-uname-001/vdso.bin]
In program headers: the dynamic segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file [decoder/tests/snapshots/juno-uname-001/uname.bin]

mimetic

In ELF header: Reading 1120 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [test/small.bin]
In ELF header: Reading 458752 bytes extends past end of file for string table [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: Section 4 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000000000004 [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: Section 5 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000000000005 [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: Section 6 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000000000000 [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: Section 8 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000000000005 [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: Section 9 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000004000000 [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [test/small.bin]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 12 for the rest of this dump) [test/file.bin]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 16 for the rest of this dump) [test/file.bin]

papi

In program headers: the PHDR segment is not covered by a LOAD segment [src/components/cuda/sampling/test/sass_source_map.cubin]

patchelf

In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shdr-name]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-idx]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-nonterm]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-size]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-zero]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shdr-name]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-idx]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-nonterm]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-size]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/invalid-elf/invalid-shrstrtab-zero]

python-packaging

In ELF header: Reading 1080 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-armv7l-armel]
In ELF header: Reading 1080 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-armv7l-armhf]
In ELF header: Reading 1120 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-invalid-class]
In ELF header: Reading 1120 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-invalid-data]
In ELF header: Reading 1120 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-i386]
In ELF header: Reading 1120 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-x32]
In ELF header: Reading 1320 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/musllinux/musl-i386]
In ELF header: Reading 1664 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-s390x-s390x]
In ELF header: Reading 1792 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-amd64]
In ELF header: Reading 1984 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/musllinux/glibc-x86_64]
In ELF header: Reading 2048 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/musllinux/musl-aarch64]
In ELF header: Reading 2112 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [tests/musllinux/musl-x86_64]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-armv7l-armel]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-armv7l-armhf]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-invalid-class]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-invalid-data]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-s390x-s390x]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-amd64]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-i386]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-x32]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/musllinux/glibc-x86_64]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/musllinux/musl-aarch64]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/musllinux/musl-i386]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/musllinux/musl-x86_64]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x9 - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-armv7l-armel]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x9 - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-armv7l-armhf]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x9 - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-s390x-s390x]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0xb - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-invalid-class]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0xb - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-invalid-data]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0xb - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-amd64]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0xb - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-i386]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0xb - the file is not that big [tests/manylinux/hello-world-x86_64-x32]
In program headers: the dynamic segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file [tests/musllinux/glibc-x86_64]
In program headers: the dynamic segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file [tests/musllinux/musl-aarch64]
In program headers: the dynamic segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file [tests/musllinux/musl-i386]
In program headers: the dynamic segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file [tests/musllinux/musl-x86_64]

python-pyelftools

In ELF header: File contains multiple dynamic string tables [test/testfiles_for_unittests/lib_with_two_dynstr_sections_reversed.so.1.elf]
In ELF header: File contains multiple dynamic string tables [test/testfiles_for_unittests/lib_with_two_dynstr_sections.so.1.elf]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [test/testfiles_for_unittests/x64_bad_sections.elf]

qt6-base

In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/elftest/corrupt2.elf64.so]
In program headers: the segment's file size is larger than its memory size [tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/elftest/corrupt2.elf64.so]

qtbase-opensource-src

In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/elftest/corrupt2.elf64.so]
In program headers: the segment's file size is larger than its memory size [tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/elftest/corrupt2.elf64.so]

qtbase-opensource-src-gles

In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/elftest/corrupt2.elf64.so]
In program headers: the segment's file size is larger than its memory size [tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/elftest/corrupt2.elf64.so]

upx-ucl

In ELF header: Reading 2079513261 bytes extends past end of file for section headers [debian/tests/data/775455-crash.elf]
In ELF header: Reading 72057594037927936 bytes extends past end of file for string table [debian/tests/data/933232-poc-integer-overflow]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [debian/tests/data/775455-crash.elf]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x2df - the file is not that big [debian/tests/data/775455-crash.elf]
In program headers: the segment's file size is larger than its memory size [debian/tests/data/775451-assert150.elf]

yara

In ELF header: Reading 137438953472 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-a8715a38a94161c9509309f5dbb5a7936aba8376]
In ELF header: Reading 137438953472 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c4002396c52065d21fe1c1f05f8937aab8d59c18]
In ELF header: Reading 268439808 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-93a9fd1909dd49fc2a9b654333504f249cdac58126d3cfc4728577e78cb3eb89]
In ELF header: Reading 536870912 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-49bb55d669fda0683f945b89396a6bd458caf2d8]
In ELF header: Reading 536870912 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-7dc27920ae1cb85333e7f2735a45014488134673]
In ELF header: Reading 536870912 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-7e945ce5f43f515ea078c558a2e3205089d414e5]
In ELF header: Reading 536870912 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-a809561e75b94bd5d4d8cf7488d9e2663fc1ccdc]
In ELF header: Reading 536870912 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c6569e6e28f0a18bb2f3bf49c982333a359bed67]
In ELF header: Reading 7104866 bytes extends past end of file for string table [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-6bf54fca69bb5029676d747b12c74b597dd8c5939343ea8f2cbfea9e666dd6b1]
In ELF header: Section 1 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000d00100000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-6bf54fca69bb5029676d747b12c74b597dd8c5939343ea8f2cbfea9e666dd6b1]
In ELF header: Section 20 has invalid sh_entsize of c07405e83b000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-49bb55d669fda0683f945b89396a6bd458caf2d8]
In ELF header: Section 20 has invalid sh_entsize of c07405e83b000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-7e945ce5f43f515ea078c558a2e3205089d414e5]
In ELF header: Section 20 has invalid sh_entsize of c07405e83b000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-a809561e75b94bd5d4d8cf7488d9e2663fc1ccdc]
In ELF header: Section 20 has invalid sh_entsize of c07405e83b000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-a8715a38a94161c9509309f5dbb5a7936aba8376]
In ELF header: Section 20 has invalid sh_entsize of c07405e83b000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c6569e6e28f0a18bb2f3bf49c982333a359bed67]
In ELF header: Section 34 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000000000000 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-7dc27920ae1cb85333e7f2735a45014488134673]
In ELF header: Section 4 has invalid sh_entsize of 0000000060000010 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-6bf54fca69bb5029676d747b12c74b597dd8c5939343ea8f2cbfea9e666dd6b1]
In ELF header: Section 51 has invalid sh_entsize of 6400000001035700 [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c4002396c52065d21fe1c1f05f8937aab8d59c18]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-086300bbce1c6537573057336a343a82d483e2c0]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-2cafe4de66d87a83d83aaf65d8e4cea48f2c1144]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-370485c5b087f780a2447a03d775f7188e323d31]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-aee928239444a7b039500d4499035e6d30cb89da]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c610b3036f195ad7fb05248a530278aad37b438d]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-cc6844f44825a785de1b079c88f728e1c0f779fb]
In ELF header: Section headers are not available! [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-939e9cd87b0d80834210fbf54edc66341aebf416d7509f6633f1d49766978b22]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-cc6844f44825a785de1b079c88f728e1c0f779fb]
In ELF header: The e_shentsize field in the ELF header is less than the size of an ELF section header [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-939e9cd87b0d80834210fbf54edc66341aebf416d7509f6633f1d49766978b22]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x4100 - the file is not that big [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c610b3036f195ad7fb05248a530278aad37b438d]
In ELF header: Too many program headers - 0x8c01 - the file is not that big [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-939e9cd87b0d80834210fbf54edc66341aebf416d7509f6633f1d49766978b22]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-49bb55d669fda0683f945b89396a6bd458caf2d8]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-7dc27920ae1cb85333e7f2735a45014488134673]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-7e945ce5f43f515ea078c558a2e3205089d414e5]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-a809561e75b94bd5d4d8cf7488d9e2663fc1ccdc]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-a8715a38a94161c9509309f5dbb5a7936aba8376]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c4002396c52065d21fe1c1f05f8937aab8d59c18]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/crash-c6569e6e28f0a18bb2f3bf49c982333a359bed67]
In ELF header: (Using the expected size of 24 for the rest of this dump) [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-6bf54fca69bb5029676d747b12c74b597dd8c5939343ea8f2cbfea9e666dd6b1]
In program headers: no .dynamic section in the dynamic segment [tests/oss-fuzz/elf_fuzzer_corpus/poc-93a9fd1909dd49fc2a9b654333504f249cdac58126d3cfc4728577e78cb3eb89]