There are .* section headers, starting at offset .*: Section Headers: \[Nr\] Name Type Address Offset Size EntSize Flags Link Info Align \[ 0\] NULL 0000000000000000 00000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0 0 0 \[ 1\] .text PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000040 00000000000000.. 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 .* \[ 2\] .rel.+text +REL. +0+ 0+.* 000000000000001. 000000000000001. . 1 8 \[ 3\] .data PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000000[45][08] 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 .* \[ 4\] .bss NOBITS 0000000000000000 000000[45][c4] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 .* \[ 5\] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 000000[45][c4] 00000000000000.. 0000000000000000 0 0 .* \[ 6\] .symtab SYMTAB 0000000000000000 0+.* 0+.* 0000000000000018 7 6 8 \[ 7\] .strtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 0+.* 0+.* 0000000000000000 0 0 1 Key to Flags: W \(write\), A \(alloc\), X \(execute\), M \(merge\), S \(strings\) I \(info\), L \(link order\), G \(group\), x \(unknown\) O \(extra OS processing required\) o \(OS specific\), p \(processor specific\)