diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 94099d7940f65e0f760d1884be7c62859be7233c..10718ab1d67b6d00fe16d2f077e80b11c3df799d 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2023-03-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 30227
+	* dwarf.c (process_cu_tu_index): Prevent excessive memory
+	allocation when nused is large and ncols is zero.
+
 2023-02-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
 
 	* dwarf-mode.el: Bump version to 1.8.
diff --git a/binutils/dwarf.c b/binutils/dwarf.c
index a4799f0198c1ba6bdfaae28a2db88d1c2a6e4284..89b0b80d9490876ef66e135d36dc95df7e6048a0 100644
--- a/binutils/dwarf.c
+++ b/binutils/dwarf.c
@@ -10912,6 +10912,9 @@ process_cu_tu_index (struct dwarf_section *section, int do_display)
       if (nused == -1u
 	  || _mul_overflow ((size_t) ncols, 4, &temp)
 	  || _mul_overflow ((size_t) nused + 1, temp, &total)
+	  || total > (size_t) (limit - ppool)
+	  /* PR 30227: ncols could be 0.  */
+	  || _mul_overflow ((size_t) nused + 1, 4, &total)
 	  || total > (size_t) (limit - ppool))
 	{
 	  warn (_("Section %s too small for offset and size tables\n"),