shstrndx = int(bo.Uint16(data[unsafe.Offsetof(hdr.Shstrndx):]))
	}

	if shoff < 0 {
		return nil, &FormatError{0, "invalid shoff", shoff}
	}
	if phoff < 0 {
		return nil, &FormatError{0, "invalid phoff", phoff}
	}

	if shoff == 0 && shnum != 0 {
		return nil, &FormatError{0, "invalid ELF shnum for shoff=0", shnum}
	}

	if shnum > 0 && shstrndx >= shnum {

		binary.Read(bytes.NewReader(hdrbuf[:]), e, hdr)
		elfobj.type_ = uint32(hdr.Type)
		elfobj.machine = uint32(hdr.Machine)
		elfobj.version = hdr.Version
		elfobj.entry = hdr.Entry
		elfobj.phoff = hdr.Phoff
		elfobj.shoff = hdr.Shoff
		elfobj.flags = hdr.Flags
		elfobj.ehsize = uint32(hdr.Ehsize)
		elfobj.phentsize = uint32(hdr.Phentsize)
		elfobj.phnum = uint32(hdr.Phnum)
		elfobj.shentsize = uint32(hdr.Shentsize)