From b6ba1ac9aa800e01e2235c2b8737ad4670b0a655 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yasumasa Suenaga <ysuenaga@openjdk.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:29:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 8371093: Assert "section header string table should be
 loaded" failed on debug VM

Reviewed-by: phubner, jsjolen
---
 src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.cpp
index 962b572db64..127748b32ed 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/decoder_elf.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ ElfFile* ElfDecoder::get_elf_file(const char* filepath) {
 
   file = new (std::nothrow)ElfFile(filepath);
   if (file != nullptr) {
+    _decoder_status = file->get_status();
+    if (has_error()) {
+      delete file;
+      return nullptr;
+    }
     if (_opened_elf_files != nullptr) {
       file->set_next(_opened_elf_files);
     }