--- bfd/compress.c.jj	2010-12-24 11:40:19.000000000 +0100
+++ bfd/compress.c	2011-01-28 15:40:19.869777126 +0100
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ bfd_get_full_section_contents (bfd *abfd
     case COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE:
       if (p == NULL)
 	{
-	  p = (bfd_byte *) bfd_malloc (sz);
+	  p = (bfd_byte *) bfd_zmalloc (sz);
 	  if (p == NULL)
 	    return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ bfd_get_full_section_contents (bfd *abfd
       if (!ret)
 	goto fail_compressed;
 
-      uncompressed_buffer = (bfd_byte *) bfd_malloc (uncompressed_size);
+      uncompressed_buffer = (bfd_byte *) bfd_zmalloc (uncompressed_size);
       if (uncompressed_buffer == NULL)
 	goto fail_compressed;
 
--- bfd/elfcode.h.jj	2010-12-31 03:43:21.000000000 +0100
+++ bfd/elfcode.h	2011-01-28 15:34:39.055388479 +0100
@@ -1158,6 +1158,24 @@ elf_checksum_contents (bfd *abfd,
 
       if (i_shdr.contents)
 	(*process) (i_shdr.contents, i_shdr.sh_size, arg);
+      else
+	{
+	  asection *sec;
+
+	  sec = bfd_section_from_elf_index (abfd, count);
+	  if (sec != NULL)
+	    {
+	      if (sec->contents == NULL)
+		{
+		  /* Force rereading from file.  */
+		  sec->flags &= ~SEC_IN_MEMORY;
+		  if (! bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, sec, & sec->contents))
+		    continue;
+		}
+	      if (sec->contents != NULL)
+		(*process) (sec->contents, i_shdr.sh_size, arg);
+	    }
+	}
     }
 
   return TRUE;