diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6de9f3d01f..d11dbfbfcf 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-10-16  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
+
+	PR gdb/23567
+	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_per_objfile::locate_sections): Discard
+	sections whose size is greater than the file size.
+
 2019-10-16  Jim Wilson  <jimw@sifive.com>
 
 	* riscv-tdep.c (riscv_gcc_target_options): New.
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 0443b55d89..a78f818e0e 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,15 @@ dwarf2_per_objfile::locate_sections (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
   if ((aflag & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
     {
     }
+  else if (elf_section_data (sectp)->this_hdr.sh_size
+	   > bfd_get_file_size (abfd))
+    {
+      bfd_size_type size = elf_section_data (sectp)->this_hdr.sh_size;
+      warning (_("Discarding section %s which has a section size (%s"
+		 ") larger than the file size [in module %s]"),
+	       bfd_section_name (sectp), phex_nz (size, sizeof (size)),
+	       bfd_get_filename (abfd));
+    }
   else if (section_is_p (sectp->name, &names.info))
     {
       this->info.s.section = sectp;