diff -ru file-4.07.orig/src/readelf.c file-4.07/src/readelf.c
--- file-4.07.orig/src/readelf.c	2003-11-18 13:42:33.000000000 -0600
+++ file-4.07/src/readelf.c	2004-01-23 01:47:00.325387536 -0600
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@
 				break;
 			offset = donote(ms, nbuf, offset, (size_t)bufsize,
 			    class, swap, 4);
-
+			if (offset == 0)
+			  break; /* or loop for ever */
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -633,6 +634,8 @@
 					break;
 				offset = donote(ms, nbuf, offset,
 				    (size_t)bufsize, class, swap, ph_align);
+				if (offset == 0)
+				  break; /* or loop for ever */
 			}
 			if (lseek(fd, savedoffset + offset, SEEK_SET)
 			    == (off_t)-1) {