There are .* section headers, starting at offset .*: Section Headers: \[Nr\] Name Type Addr Off Size ES Flg Lk Inf Al \[ 0\] NULL 00000000 000000 000000 00 0 0 0 \[ 1\] .text PROGBITS 00000000 000034 000008 00 AX 0 0 . \[ 2\] .rel.+text +REL. +0+ 0+.* 00000. 0. . 1 4 \[ 3\] .data PROGBITS 00000000 00003c 000004 00 WA 0 0 . \[ 4\] .bss NOBITS 00000000 000040 000000 00 WA 0 0 . \[ .\] .shstrtab STRTAB 00000000 000040 0000.* 00 0 0 . \[ .\] .symtab SYMTAB 00000000 0+.* 0+.* 10 7 6 4 \[ .\] .strtab STRTAB 00000000 0+.* 0+.* 00 0 0 1 Key to Flags: W \(write\), A \(alloc\), X \(execute\), M \(merge\), S \(strings\) I \(info\), L \(link order\), O \(extra OS processing required\) o \(os specific\), p \(processor specific\) x \(unknown\)