--- elfutils/src/elflint.c
+++ elfutils/src/elflint.c
@@ -763,28 +763,35 @@ section [%2d] '%s': symbol %zu: function in COMMON section is nonsense\n"),
 		  if (! ebl_check_special_symbol (ebl, ehdr, sym, name,
 						  destshdr))
 		    {
-		      if (sym->st_value - sh_addr > destshdr->sh_size)
+		      if (sym->st_value < sh_addr
+			  || sym->st_value - sh_addr > destshdr->sh_size)
 			{
 			  /* GNU ld has severe bugs.  When it decides to remove
 			     empty sections it leaves symbols referencing them
-			     behind.  These are symbols in .symtab.  */
+			     behind.  These are symbols in .symtab or .dynsym.  */
 			  if (!gnuld
-			      || strcmp (section_name (ebl, idx), ".symtab")
+			      || (strcmp (section_name (ebl, idx), ".symtab")
+				  && (strcmp (section_name (ebl, idx), ".dynsym")
+				      || strcmp (name, "__bss_start") != 0))
 			      || (strcmp (name, "__preinit_array_start") != 0
 				  && strcmp (name, "__preinit_array_end") != 0
 				  && strcmp (name, "__init_array_start") != 0
 				  && strcmp (name, "__init_array_end") != 0
 				  && strcmp (name, "__fini_array_start") != 0
-				  && strcmp (name, "__fini_array_end") != 0))
+				  && strcmp (name, "__fini_array_end") != 0
+			          && strcmp (name, "__bss_start") != 0))
 			    ERROR (gettext ("\
-section [%2d] '%s': symbol %zu: st_value out of bounds\n"),
-				   idx, section_name (ebl, idx), cnt);
+section [%2d] '%s': symbol [%zu] '%s': st_value[%lx] out of bounds [%lx+%lx]\n"),
+				   idx, section_name (ebl, idx), cnt, name,
+				   (unsigned long) sym->st_value,
+				   (unsigned long) sh_addr,
+				   (unsigned long) destshdr->sh_size);
 			}
 		      else if ((sym->st_value - sh_addr
 				+ sym->st_size) > destshdr->sh_size)
 			ERROR (gettext ("\
-section [%2d] '%s': symbol %zu does not fit completely in referenced section [%2d] '%s'\n"),
-			       idx, section_name (ebl, idx), cnt,
+section [%2d] '%s': symbol [%zu] '%s' does not fit completely in referenced section [%2d] '%s'\n"),
+			       idx, section_name (ebl, idx), cnt, name,
 			       (int) xndx, section_name (ebl, xndx));
 		    }
 		}