diff -cpr ../binutils-2.24.orig/bfd/elf.c bfd/elf.c
*** ../binutils-2.24.orig/bfd/elf.c	2014-10-28 16:02:16.233549448 +0000
--- bfd/elf.c	2014-10-28 16:02:36.754653055 +0000
*************** bfd_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd, unsign
*** 1584,1589 ****
--- 1584,1590 ----
    const char *name;
    bfd_boolean ret = TRUE;
    static bfd_boolean * sections_being_created = NULL;
+   static bfd * sections_being_created_abfd = NULL;
    static unsigned int nesting = 0;
  
    if (shindex >= elf_numsections (abfd))
*************** bfd_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd, unsign
*** 1596,1608 ****
  	 loop.  Detect this here, by refusing to load a section that we are
  	 already in the process of loading.  We only trigger this test if
  	 we have nested at least three sections deep as normal ELF binaries
! 	 can expect to recurse at least once.  */
!       
        if (sections_being_created == NULL)
  	{
  	  /* FIXME: It would be more efficient to attach this array to the bfd somehow.  */
  	  sections_being_created = (bfd_boolean *)
  	    bfd_zalloc (abfd, elf_numsections (abfd) * sizeof (bfd_boolean));
  	}
        if (sections_being_created [shindex])
  	{
--- 1597,1615 ----
  	 loop.  Detect this here, by refusing to load a section that we are
  	 already in the process of loading.  We only trigger this test if
  	 we have nested at least three sections deep as normal ELF binaries
! 	 can expect to recurse at least once.
! 
! 	 FIXME: It would be better if this array was attached to the bfd,
! 	 rather than being held in a static pointer.  */
! 
!       if (sections_being_created_abfd != abfd)
! 	sections_being_created = NULL;
        if (sections_being_created == NULL)
  	{
  	  /* FIXME: It would be more efficient to attach this array to the bfd somehow.  */
  	  sections_being_created = (bfd_boolean *)
  	    bfd_zalloc (abfd, elf_numsections (abfd) * sizeof (bfd_boolean));
+ 	  sections_being_created_abfd = abfd;
  	}
        if (sections_being_created [shindex])
  	{
*************** bfd_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd, unsign
*** 2106,2112 ****
    if (sections_being_created)
      sections_being_created [shindex] = FALSE;
    if (-- nesting == 0)
!     sections_being_created = NULL;
    return ret;
  }
  
--- 2113,2122 ----
    if (sections_being_created)
      sections_being_created [shindex] = FALSE;
    if (-- nesting == 0)
!     {
!       sections_being_created = NULL;
!       sections_being_created_abfd = abfd;
!     }
    return ret;
  }
  
Only in bfd: elf.c.orig
diff -cpr ../binutils-2.24.orig/bfd/peXXigen.c bfd/peXXigen.c
*** ../binutils-2.24.orig/bfd/peXXigen.c	2014-10-28 16:02:16.251549538 +0000
--- bfd/peXXigen.c	2014-10-28 16:02:36.755653060 +0000
*************** pe_print_edata (bfd * abfd, void * vfile
*** 1444,1449 ****
--- 1444,1458 ----
  	}
      }
  
+   /* PR 17512: Handle corrupt PE binaries.  */
+   if (datasize < 36)
+     {
+       fprintf (file,
+ 	       _("\nThere is an export table in %s, but it is too small (%d)\n"),
+ 	       section->name, (int) datasize);
+       return TRUE;
+     }
+ 
    fprintf (file, _("\nThere is an export table in %s at 0x%lx\n"),
  	   section->name, (unsigned long) addr);
  
Only in bfd: peXXigen.c.orig