diff -urN binutils-2.22/bfd/elf32-arm.c binutils-2.22.new/bfd/elf32-arm.c
--- binutils-2.22/bfd/elf32-arm.c	2011-11-21 10:29:13.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.22.new/bfd/elf32-arm.c	2012-10-14 03:59:52.518670462 +0200
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 #define ARM_ELF_ABI_VERSION		0
 #define ARM_ELF_OS_ABI_VERSION		ELFOSABI_ARM
 
+typedef struct { bfd_vma v; } __attribute__((packed)) unaligned_bfd_vma;
+typedef struct { bfd_signed_vma v; } __attribute__((packed)) unaligned_bfd_signed_vma;
+
 static bfd_boolean elf32_arm_write_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 					    struct bfd_link_info *link_info,
 					    asection *sec,
@@ -7851,8 +7854,8 @@
   unsigned long                 r_type = howto->type;
   unsigned long                 r_symndx;
   bfd_byte *                    hit_data = contents + rel->r_offset;
-  bfd_vma *                     local_got_offsets;
-  bfd_vma *                     local_tlsdesc_gotents;
+  unaligned_bfd_vma *                     local_got_offsets;
+  unaligned_bfd_vma *                     local_tlsdesc_gotents;
   asection *                    sgot;
   asection *                    splt;
   asection *                    sreloc = NULL;
@@ -7900,8 +7903,8 @@
 
   eh = (struct elf32_arm_link_hash_entry *) h;
   sgot = globals->root.sgot;
-  local_got_offsets = elf_local_got_offsets (input_bfd);
-  local_tlsdesc_gotents = elf32_arm_local_tlsdesc_gotent (input_bfd);
+  local_got_offsets = (void *)elf_local_got_offsets (input_bfd);
+  local_tlsdesc_gotents = (void *)elf32_arm_local_tlsdesc_gotent (input_bfd);
 
   if (globals->root.dynamic_sections_created)
     srelgot = globals->root.srelgot;
@@ -9041,9 +9044,9 @@
 	  bfd_vma off;
 
 	  BFD_ASSERT (local_got_offsets != NULL &&
-		      local_got_offsets[r_symndx] != (bfd_vma) -1);
+		      local_got_offsets[r_symndx].v != (bfd_vma) -1);
 
-	  off = local_got_offsets[r_symndx];
+	  off = local_got_offsets[r_symndx].v;
 
 	  /* The offset must always be a multiple of 4.  We use the
 	     least significant bit to record whether we have already
@@ -9070,7 +9073,7 @@
 		  elf32_arm_add_dynreloc (output_bfd, info, srelgot, &outrel);
 		}
 
-	      local_got_offsets[r_symndx] |= 1;
+	      local_got_offsets[r_symndx].v |= 1;
 	    }
 
 	  value = sgot->output_offset + off;
@@ -9168,8 +9171,8 @@
 	else
 	  {
 	    BFD_ASSERT (local_got_offsets != NULL);
-	    off = local_got_offsets[r_symndx];
-	    offplt = local_tlsdesc_gotents[r_symndx];
+	    off = local_got_offsets[r_symndx].v;
+	    offplt = local_tlsdesc_gotents[r_symndx].v;
 	    tls_type = elf32_arm_local_got_tls_type (input_bfd)[r_symndx];
 	  }
 
@@ -9321,7 +9324,7 @@
 	    if (h != NULL)
 	      h->got.offset |= 1;
 	    else
-	      local_got_offsets[r_symndx] |= 1;
+	      local_got_offsets[r_symndx].v |= 1;
 	  }
 
 	if ((tls_type & GOT_TLS_GD) && r_type != R_ARM_TLS_GD32)
@@ -13248,11 +13251,11 @@
      relocs.  */
   for (ibfd = info->input_bfds; ibfd != NULL; ibfd = ibfd->link_next)
     {
-      bfd_signed_vma *local_got;
-      bfd_signed_vma *end_local_got;
+      unaligned_bfd_signed_vma *local_got;
+      unaligned_bfd_signed_vma *end_local_got;
       struct arm_local_iplt_info **local_iplt_ptr, *local_iplt;
       char *local_tls_type;
-      bfd_vma *local_tlsdesc_gotent;
+      unaligned_bfd_vma *local_tlsdesc_gotent;
       bfd_size_type locsymcount;
       Elf_Internal_Shdr *symtab_hdr;
       asection *srel;
@@ -13294,7 +13297,7 @@
 	    }
 	}
 
-      local_got = elf_local_got_refcounts (ibfd);
+      local_got = (void *)elf_local_got_refcounts (ibfd);
       if (!local_got)
 	continue;
 
@@ -13311,7 +13314,7 @@
 	   ++local_got, ++local_iplt_ptr, ++local_tls_type,
 	   ++local_tlsdesc_gotent, ++symndx)
 	{
-	  *local_tlsdesc_gotent = (bfd_vma) -1;
+	  local_tlsdesc_gotent->v = (bfd_vma) -1;
 	  local_iplt = *local_iplt_ptr;
 	  if (local_iplt != NULL)
 	    {
@@ -13328,7 +13331,7 @@
 		       run-time target.  This means that the .got entry
 		       would be the same as the .igot.plt entry, so there's
 		       no point creating both.  */
-		    *local_got = 0;
+		    local_got->v = 0;
 		}
 	      else
 		{
@@ -13347,20 +13350,20 @@
 		    elf32_arm_allocate_dynrelocs (info, psrel, p->count);
 		}
 	    }
-	  if (*local_got > 0)
+	  if (local_got->v > 0)
 	    {
 	      Elf_Internal_Sym *isym;
 
-	      *local_got = s->size;
+	      local_got->v = s->size;
 	      if (*local_tls_type & GOT_TLS_GD)
 		/* TLS_GD relocs need an 8-byte structure in the GOT.  */
 		s->size += 8;
 	      if (*local_tls_type & GOT_TLS_GDESC)
 		{
-		  *local_tlsdesc_gotent = htab->root.sgotplt->size
+		  local_tlsdesc_gotent->v = htab->root.sgotplt->size
 		    - elf32_arm_compute_jump_table_size (htab);
 		  htab->root.sgotplt->size += 8;
-		  *local_got = (bfd_vma) -2;
+		  local_got->v = (bfd_vma) -2;
 		  /* plt.got_offset needs to know there's a TLS_DESC
 		     reloc in the middle of .got.plt.  */
                   htab->num_tls_desc++;
@@ -13372,7 +13375,7 @@
 		{
 		  /* If the symbol is both GD and GDESC, *local_got
 		     may have been overwritten.  */
-		  *local_got = s->size;
+		  local_got->v = s->size;
 		  s->size += 4;
 		}
 
@@ -13398,7 +13401,7 @@
 		}
 	    }
 	  else
-	    *local_got = (bfd_vma) -1;
+	    local_got->v = (bfd_vma) -1;
 	}
     }