Description of problem: valgrind reports errors in _dl_start

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
valgrind-3.7.0-2.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible: every time

Steps to Reproduce:
(the same happens for any program -- this failure causes a coreutils
 regression test to fail: tests/misc/sort-stale-thread-mem)

1. valgrind --quiet cat --version > /dev/null

Actual results:

$ valgrind --quiet cat --version > /dev/null
 Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
    at 0x38C9617D96: index (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C96079E7: expand_dynamic_string_token (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C960827C: _dl_map_object (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C960171D: map_doit (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C960ECB5: _dl_catch_error (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C9600EE3: do_preload (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C96040B4: dl_main (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C96151DA: _dl_sysdep_start (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C9604EF1: _dl_start (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C9601537: ??? (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x1: ???
    by 0x7FEFFFE1A: ???

 Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
    at 0x38C9617D9B: index (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C96079E7: expand_dynamic_string_token (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C960827C: _dl_map_object (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C960171D: map_doit (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C960ECB5: _dl_catch_error (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C9600EE3: do_preload (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C96040B4: dl_main (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C96151DA: _dl_sysdep_start (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C9604EF1: _dl_start (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x38C9601537: ??? (in /usr/lib64/ld-2.15.so)
    by 0x1: ???
    by 0x7FEFFFE1A: ???

Expected results:

  No errors reported.