Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] binutils: Upgrade to 2.46 release

[Deepesh Varatharajan <deepesh.varatharajan@windriver.com>]

On 20-02-2026 15:25, Deepesh Varatharajan wrote:
>
> On 13-02-2026 21:03, Joao Marcos Costa wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> On 2/13/26 15:39, Mathieu Dubois-Briand via lists.openembedded.org 
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu Feb 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM CET, Deepesh via 
>>> lists.openembedded.org Varatharajan wrote:
>>>> From: Deepesh Varatharajan <Deepesh.Varatharajan@windriver.com>
>>>>
>>>> New Features:
>>>> Support for new instructions added to AMD, ARM and RISC-V 
>>>> architectures.
>>>> Support for version 3 of the SFrame standard.
>>>> The readelf program can now display the contents of Global Offset 
>>>> Tables.
>>>> Improved linker tagging support.
>>>>
>>>> Detailed release notes are here [1]
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2026-02/msg00006.html
>>>>
>>>> Dropped patches:
>>>> 0001-aarch64-constify-BTI-and-GCS-report-functions.patch
>>>> Since the fix is already included in binutils 2.46.
>>>>
>>>> CVE patches: CVE-2025-11081,CVE-2025-11082,CVE-2025-11083,
>>>> CVE-2025-11839,CVE-2025-11840,CVE-2025-11412,CVE-2025-11413,
>>>> CVE-2025-11414,CVE-2025-11494,CVE-2025-11495.
>>>> These were dropped because they are already addressed in binutils 
>>>> 2.46.
>>>>
>>>> Drop CVE_STATUS:
>>>> binutils 2.46 has needed fixes for CVE-2025-7545 and CVE-2025-7546.
>>>>
>>>> Rebase existing patches with binutils 2.46.
>>>>
>>>> Testing Results:
>>>> +----------------------+--------+--------+------+
>>>> | Result               | 2.45.1 |  2.46  | Diff |
>>>> +----------------------+--------+--------+------+
>>>> | Expected Passes      | 318    |  331   | +13  |
>>>> | Untested Testcases   | 5      |  5     |  0   |
>>>> | Unsupported Tests    | 8      |  6     | -2   |
>>>> +----------------------+--------+--------+------+
>>>>
>>>> Testcases changes:
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>
>>>> Testcase-name 2.45.1        2.46
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>
>>>> nm --ifunc-chars=-- (global ifunc) -           PASS
>>>> nm --ifunc-chars=-- (local ifunc) -           PASS
>>>> copy with unknown section flag -           PASS
>>>> objcopy tek2bin -           PASS
>>>> binary symbol (implicit) -           PASS
>>>> binary symbol (explicit) -           PASS
>>>> readelf SFrame V2 (x86-64/test-v2-ET_EXEC.sframe) -           PASS
>>>> objdump SFrame V2 (x86-64/test-v2-ET_EXEC.sframe) -           PASS
>>>> readelf SFrame V2 (x86-64/test-v2-ET_REL.sframe) - PASS
>>>> objdump SFrame V2 (x86-64/test-v2-ET_REL.sframe) - PASS
>>>> run objcopy of executable UNSUPPORTED    PASS
>>>> run stripped executable UNSUPPORTED    PASS
>>>> run stripped executable with saving a symbol UNSUPPORTED PASS
>>>> Copy object attributes v2 data from an object to another -        
>>>> UNSUPPORTED
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Deepesh Varatharajan 
>>>> <Deepesh.Varatharajan@windriver.com>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> Hi Deepesh,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the upgrade.
>>>
>>> It looks like some patch needs to be refreshed or dropped. It's only
>>> applied for class-nativesdk, so that's probably why it does not show in
>>> most builds.
>>>
>>> ERROR: Task 
>>> (virtual:nativesdk:/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils_2.46.bb:do_patch) 
>>> failed with exit code '1'
>>> ...
>>> ERROR: nativesdk-binutils-2.46-r0 do_patch: Applying patch 
>>> '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils/0003-binutils-nativesdk-Search-for-alternative-ld.so.conf.patch' 
>>> on target directory 
>>> '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64-nativesdk-pokysdk-linux/nativesdk-binutils/2.46/sources/binutils-2.46'
>>>
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/4/builds/3189
> Hi All,
>
> We looked into this issue and fixed it.
>>>
>>> Can you have a look at it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mathieu
>>>
>>
>>
>> Just in case, there's also a ptest failure that could be related to this
>> update:
>>
>> Failed ptests:
>> {'elfutils':
>> ['run-strip-strmerge.sh',
>> 'run-elflint-self.sh',
>> 'run-reverse-sections-self.sh']}
>>
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/61/builds/3036/steps/13/logs/stdio 
>>
>
> We have been able to reproduce this issue. It is related to three 
> elfutils ptest failures. These test cases were previously
> failing with LLD linker and were marked as XFAIL. However, after 
> upgrading to binutils 2.46, the same failures are now
> occurring with GNU ld as well.
>
> The issue appears to be specific to the arm64 architecture. We are 
> currently investigating the root cause and will
> provide further updates once we have more information.
Hi All,

We discussed with elfutils community and arrived at a fix. Currently 
testing the fix. V2 will be sent soon.

Regards,
Deepesh
>
>
> Regards,
> Deepesh
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> João Marcos Costa