commit 1b1b9bc05f8f6cde3956fb4d08f734de438f02a7
author Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> Fri Oct 20 08:51:20 2023 +1030
committer Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> Fri Oct 20 08:57:34 2023 +1030
tree 1ecb58b35d35ac9f74a0f93255c17142f6f488d1
parent f005ccb4bcc2fa79f005973728088d590b5e74fd

PR30984, assertion fail elf.c:8485

	PR 30984
	* ldelf.c (ldelf_place_orphan): Don't allow bfd_abs_section as
	a potential output section.

ld/ldelf.c

diff --git a/ld/ldelf.c b/ld/ldelf.c
index d74354a..6c2ad3f 100644
--- a/ld/ldelf.c
+++ b/ld/ldelf.c
@@ -2244,6 +2244,7 @@
 	   set, then it has been created by the linker, possibly as a
 	   result of a --section-start command line switch.  */
 	if (os->bfd_section != NULL
+	    && !bfd_is_abs_section (os->bfd_section)
 	    && (os->bfd_section->flags == 0
 		|| (((s->flags ^ os->bfd_section->flags)
 		     & (SEC_LOAD | SEC_ALLOC)) == 0