diff --git a/elfutils-0.178-gcc10-null-dereference.patch b/elfutils-0.178-gcc10-null-dereference.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b33c13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elfutils-0.178-gcc10-null-dereference.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff --git a/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c b/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
+index 48fb1ff0..0434f1e5 100644
+--- a/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
++++ b/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
+@@ -176,9 +176,10 @@ find_kernel_elf (Dwfl *dwfl, const char *release, char **fname)
+ {
+   /* First try to find an uncompressed vmlinux image.  Possibly
+      including debuginfo.  */
+-  if ((release[0] == '/'
+-       ? asprintf (fname, "%s/vmlinux", release)
+-       : asprintf (fname, "/boot/vmlinux-%s", release)) < 0)
++  if (release == NULL
++      || ((release[0] == '/'
++	   ? asprintf (fname, "%s/vmlinux", release)
++	   : asprintf (fname, "/boot/vmlinux-%s", release)) < 0))
+     return -1;
+ 
+   int fd = try_kernel_name (dwfl, fname, true);
+@@ -241,6 +242,9 @@ report_kernel (Dwfl *dwfl, const char **release,
+   if (unlikely (result != 0))
+     return result;
+ 
++  if (release == NULL || *release == NULL)
++    return EINVAL;
++
+   char *fname;
+   int fd = find_kernel_elf (dwfl, *release, &fname);
+ 
+@@ -296,6 +300,9 @@ report_kernel_archive (Dwfl *dwfl, const char **release,
+   if (unlikely (result != 0))
+     return result;
+ 
++  if (release == NULL || *release == NULL)
++    return EINVAL;
++
+   char *archive;
+   int res = (((*release)[0] == '/')
+ 	     ? asprintf (&archive, "%s/debug.a", *release)
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
index 659c997..313742e 100644
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ b/elfutils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: elfutils
 Version: 0.178
-%global baserelease 7
+%global baserelease 8
 Release: %{baserelease}%{?dist}
 URL: http://elfutils.org/
 %global source_url ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/%{version}/
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Patch3: elfutils-0.178-curl-code-gcc-10.patch
 Patch4: elfutils-0.178-compressed-vmlinuz.patch
 Patch5: elfutils-0.178-debuginfod-timeoutprogress.patch
 Patch6: elfutils-0.178-libasm-ebl.patch
+Patch7: elfutils-0.178-gcc10-null-dereference.patch
 
 %description
 Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack (to show
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ such servers to download those files on demand.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .vmlinuz
 %patch5 -p1 -b .debuginfod-timeout-progress
 %patch6 -p1 -b .libasm-ebl
+%patch7 -p1 -b .null-deref-10
 
 # In case the above patches added any new test scripts, make sure they
 # are executable.
@@ -434,6 +436,10 @@ exit 0
 %systemd_postun_with_restart debuginfod.service
 
 %changelog
+
+* Fri Jan 24 2020 Mark Wielaard <mjw@fedoraproject.org> - 0.178-8
+- Add elfutils-0.178-gcc10-null-dereference.patch
+
 * Fri Jan 10 2020 Mark Wielaard <mjw@fedoraproject.org> - 0.178-7
 - Add elfutils-0.178-debuginfod-timeoutprogress.patch
 - Add elfutils-0.178-libasm-ebl.patch