diff -rup binutils.orig/gold/layout.cc binutils-2.32/gold/layout.cc

--- binutils.orig/gold/layout.cc	2019-06-24 14:37:36.013086899 +0100

+++ binutils-2.32/gold/layout.cc	2019-06-24 14:41:40.054517479 +0100

@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ Layout::get_output_section(const char* n

 		  && (same_name->flags() & elfcpp::SHF_TLS) == 0)

 		os = same_name;

 	    }

+#if 0 /* BZ 1722715, PR 17556.  */

 	  else if ((flags & elfcpp::SHF_TLS) == 0)

 	    {

 	      elfcpp::Elf_Xword zero_flags = 0;

@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ Layout::get_output_section(const char* n

 	      if (p != this->section_name_map_.end())

 		os = p->second;

 	    }

+#endif

 	}

       if (os == NULL)

diff -rup binutils.orig/gold/object.cc binutils-2.32/gold/object.cc

--- binutils.orig/gold/object.cc	2019-06-24 14:37:36.012086906 +0100

+++ binutils-2.32/gold/object.cc	2019-06-24 14:39:59.287165501 +0100

@@ -1644,6 +1644,13 @@ Sized_relobj_file<size, big_endian>::do_

 	      omit[i] = true;

 	    }

+	  // Skip empty sections without flags.

+	  if (!(shdr.get_sh_flags() & ~elfcpp::SHF_GROUP)

+	      && !shdr.get_sh_size())

+	    {

+	      omit[i] = true;

+	    }

+

 	  bool discard = omit[i];

 	  if (!discard)

 	    {