From 4581a1c7d304ce14e714b27522ebf3d0188d6543 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:12:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Check for a NULL symbol pointer when reading relocs from a
 COFF based file.

	PR 22509
	* coffcode.h (coff_slurp_reloc_table): Check for a NULL symbol
	pointer when processing relocs.
---
 bfd/coffcode.h | 2 +-

diff --git a/bfd/coffcode.h b/bfd/coffcode.h
index 604ba6d..d30cd58 100644
--- a/bfd/coffcode.h
+++ b/bfd/coffcode.h
@@ -5335,7 +5335,7 @@ coff_slurp_reloc_table (bfd * abfd, sec_ptr asect, asymbol ** symbols)
 #else
       cache_ptr->address = dst.r_vaddr;
 
-      if (dst.r_symndx != -1)
+      if (dst.r_symndx != -1 && symbols != NULL)
 	{
 	  if (dst.r_symndx < 0 || dst.r_symndx >= obj_conv_table_size (abfd))
 	    {
-- 
2.9.3