The one which actually saves the data is data_list.data.d.d_buf, so check it before free rawdata_base.
This can fix a segmentation fault when prelink libqb_1.0.3: prelink: /usr/lib/libqb.so.0.18.2: Symbol section index outside of section numbers The segmentation fault happens when prelink call elf_end(). Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.y...@windriver.com> --- libelf/elf_end.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libelf/elf_end.c b/libelf/elf_end.c index 160f0b8..5388e80 100644 --- a/libelf/elf_end.c +++ b/libelf/elf_end.c @@ -165,9 +165,10 @@ elf_end (Elf *elf) /* The section data is allocated if we couldn't mmap the file. Or if we had to decompress. */ - if (elf->map_address == NULL + if ((elf->map_address == NULL || scn->rawdata_base == scn->zdata_base || (scn->flags & ELF_F_MALLOCED) != 0) + && (scn->data_list.data.d.d_buf != NULL)) free (scn->rawdata_base); /* Free the list of data buffers for the section. -- 2.7.4