Why does file command return 'too many program header sections' on certain corefiles?

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Issue

  • file command returns too many program headers on certain coredumps.

    # file core.18344 
core.18344: ELF 64-bit LSB core file x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), too many program headers (2273)

  • Unable to find program that dumped core

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • file command

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