diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.42/bfd/elf.c binutils-2.42-new/bfd/elf.c

--- binutils-2.42/bfd/elf.c	2024-01-29 01:00:00.000000000 +0100

+++ binutils-2.42-new/bfd/elf.c	2024-02-18 23:54:45.728777026 +0100

@@ -827,7 +827,13 @@ setup_group (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shd

 	}

     }

-  if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL)

+  if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL

+      /* OS specific sections might be in a group (eg ARM's ARM_EXIDX section)

+	 but they will not have been added to the group because they do not

+	 have contents that the ELF code in the BFD library knows how to

+	 process.  This is OK though - we rely upon the target backends to

+	 handle these sections for us.  */

+      && hdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)

     {

       /* xgettext:c-format */

       _bfd_error_handler (_("%pB: no group info for section '%pA'"),

@@ -935,7 +941,8 @@ _bfd_elf_setup_sections (bfd *abfd)

 	  else if (idx->shdr->bfd_section)

 	    elf_sec_group (idx->shdr->bfd_section) = shdr->bfd_section;

 	  else if (idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_RELA

-		   && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL)

+		   && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL

+		   && idx->shdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)

 	    {

 	      /* There are some unknown sections in the group.  */

 	      _bfd_error_handler