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Description of problem:
When running file on a ELF format file with no section header, file
produces a bogus warning. A sample session:

$ file epsxe
epsxe: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (Linux),
statically linkedfile: corrupted section header size.

The code responsible for the corrupted section header size. is added
by the file-3.39-cksize.patch patch. In the functions doshn,
dophn_exec, and dophn_core, the following checks are made:

doshn:

        if (size != sh_size)
            error("corrupted section header size.\n");
    

dophn_exec:
dophn_core:

        if (size != ph_size)
            error("corrupted program header size.\n");
    

sh_size and ph_size are the sizes of the ELF headers and size is the
size of the header being looked up.

But, size can be zero if there is no section or program header. If a
program has now section header, a incorrect error is returned. See ELF
Header

A simple fix is to check if num or size are zero and return if they are.

A patch is attached to fix the problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
file-3.39-9

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run upx on a ELF executable
2. Run file on the resulting file
3.
    

Actual Results:  I got a line saying
epsxe: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (Linux),
statically linkedfile: corrupted section header size.

Expected Results:  It should only say
epsxe: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (Linux),
statically linked

Additional info:

If file doesn't like the executable, then its use in brp-strip
prevents the creation of RPMS