* elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Check if number of sections
	>= SHN_LORESERVE.
	* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Likewise.
+2012-07-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Check if number of sections
+       >= SHN_LORESERVE.
+       * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Likewise.
+
 2012-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * archive.c (bsd_write_armap): Catch attempts to create an archive
 
       _bfd_elf_strtab_addref (elf_shstrtab (abfd), t->strtab_hdr.sh_name);
     }
 
+  if (section_number >= SHN_LORESERVE)
+    {
+      _bfd_error_handler (_("%B: too many sections: %u"),
+                         abfd, section_number);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   _bfd_elf_strtab_finalize (elf_shstrtab (abfd));
   t->shstrtab_hdr.sh_size = _bfd_elf_strtab_size (elf_shstrtab (abfd));
 
 
       if (i_ehdrp->e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF)
        {
          i_ehdrp->e_shnum = i_shdr.sh_size;
-         if (i_ehdrp->e_shnum != i_shdr.sh_size
-             || i_ehdrp->e_shnum == 0)
+         if (i_ehdrp->e_shnum >= SHN_LORESERVE
+             || i_ehdrp->e_shnum != i_shdr.sh_size
+             || i_ehdrp->e_shnum  == 0)
            goto got_wrong_format_error;
        }