diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.34/bfd/dwarf2.c binutils-2.34-new/bfd/dwarf2.c
--- binutils-2.34/bfd/dwarf2.c	2020-01-18 14:55:47.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.34-new/bfd/dwarf2.c	2021-04-12 11:40:29.676218279 +0200
@@ -523,22 +523,24 @@ read_section (bfd *	      abfd,
 	      bfd_byte **     section_buffer,
 	      bfd_size_type * section_size)
 {
-  asection *msec;
   const char *section_name = sec->uncompressed_name;
   bfd_byte *contents = *section_buffer;
-  bfd_size_type amt;
 
   /* The section may have already been read.  */
   if (contents == NULL)
     {
+      bfd_size_type amt;
+      asection *msec;
+      ufile_ptr filesize;
+
       msec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, section_name);
-      if (! msec)
+      if (msec == NULL)
 	{
 	  section_name = sec->compressed_name;
 	  if (section_name != NULL)
 	    msec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, section_name);
 	}
-      if (! msec)
+      if (msec == NULL)
 	{
 	  _bfd_error_handler (_("DWARF error: can't find %s section."),
 			      sec->uncompressed_name);
@@ -546,12 +548,23 @@ read_section (bfd *	      abfd,
 	  return FALSE;
 	}
 
-      *section_size = msec->rawsize ? msec->rawsize : msec->size;
+      amt = bfd_get_section_limit_octets (abfd, msec);
+      filesize = bfd_get_file_size (abfd);
+      if (amt >= filesize)
+	{
+	  /* PR 26946 */
+	  _bfd_error_handler (_("DWARF error: section %s is larger than its filesize! (0x%lx vs 0x%lx)"),
+			      section_name, (long) amt, (long) filesize);
+	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
+	  return FALSE;
+	}
+      *section_size = amt;
       /* Paranoia - alloc one extra so that we can make sure a string
 	 section is NUL terminated.  */
-      amt = *section_size + 1;
+      amt += 1;
       if (amt == 0)
 	{
+	  /* Paranoia - this should never happen.  */
 	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_memory);
 	  return FALSE;
 	}
