diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index 9ed2484..52db06a 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ ST_FUNC void tccelf_delete(TCCState *s1)
 ST_FUNC Section *new_section(TCCState *s1, const char *name, int sh_type, int sh_flags)
 {
     Section *sec;
+    size_t len;
 
-    sec = tcc_mallocz(sizeof(Section) + strlen(name));
-    strcpy(sec->name, name);
+    len = strlen(name) +1;
+    sec = tcc_mallocz(sizeof(Section) + len);
+    memcpy(sec->name, name, len);
     sec->sh_type = sh_type;
     sec->sh_flags = sh_flags;
     switch(sh_type) {
@@ -695,8 +697,9 @@ ST_FUNC void relocate_section(TCCState *s1, Section *s)
 #endif
 
     for_each_elem(sr, 0, rel, ElfW_Rel) {
-        ptr = s->data + rel->r_offset;
+        section_ptr_add(s, 8);
 
+        ptr = s->data + rel->r_offset;
         sym_index = ELFW(R_SYM)(rel->r_info);
         sym = &((ElfW(Sym) *)symtab_section->data)[sym_index];
         val = sym->st_value;