https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29389
--- Comment #8 from Luca Bacci <luca.bacci at outlook dot com> --- I have now more insights into what's going on... The issue stems from passing repeated import libs to the linker: ld.bfd -o out ... subprojects/glib/gobject/libgobject-2.0.dll.a ... "D:/msys64/mingw64/lib/libgobject-2.0.dll.a" ... The contents of the two import libs are very similar, of course, They both look like: ... !<arch> / 0 0 0 0 28890 ` ... libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000481.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000481.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000009.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000480.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000479.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000478.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000477.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000476.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000475.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000474.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000473.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000472.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000471.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000470.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000469.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000468.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000467.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000466.o/ libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000465.o/ ... By tracing calls to _bfd_coff_link_input_bfd() we get: libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000472.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000471.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000470.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000469.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000468.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000467.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000465.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000464.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000463.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000462.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000461.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000460.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000459.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000457.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000456.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000454.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000453.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000451.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000449.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000448.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000446.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000445.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000443.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000442.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000441.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000440.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000439.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000436.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000435.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000434.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000432.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000431.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000430.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000429.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000428.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000427.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000426.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000425.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000424.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000423.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000422.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000421.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000420.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000419.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000418.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000417.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000416.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000415.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000414.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000413.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000412.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000411.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000410.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000409.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000408.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000407.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000406.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000405.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000403.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000402.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000401.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000385.o ... libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000036.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000035.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000034.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000033.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000032.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000030.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000029.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000028.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000027.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000013.o libgobject_2_0_0_dll_d000431.o <-- CRASH! As you can see, the crash happens when executing _bfd_coff_link_input_bfd() the first time with a repeated input_bfd->filename. There we use already freed data. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.