diff --git a/backport-CVE-2023-1972.patch b/backport-CVE-2023-1972.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..275f5a11acf2f6d0e2498d033e0e07b4913a8fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-CVE-2023-1972.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:10:09 +0000 (+0100)
+Subject: Fix an illegal memory access when an accessing a zer0-lengthverdef table.
+X-Git-Tag: binutils-2_41~1100
+X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c22d38baefc5a7a1e1f5cdc9dbb556b1f0ec5c57
+
+Fix an illegal memory access when an accessing a zer0-lengthverdef table.
+
+  PR 30285
+  * elf.c (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Fail if no version definitions are allocated.
+---
+
+diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
+index 027d0143735..185028cbd97 100644
+--- a/bfd/elf.c
++++ b/bfd/elf.c
+@@ -9030,6 +9030,9 @@ _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables (bfd *abfd, bool default_imported_symver)
+ 	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_too_big);
+ 	  goto error_return_verdef;
+ 	}
++
++      if (amt == 0)
++	goto error_return_verdef;
+       elf_tdata (abfd)->verdef = (Elf_Internal_Verdef *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+       if (elf_tdata (abfd)->verdef == NULL)
+ 	goto error_return_verdef;
+@@ -9133,6 +9136,8 @@ _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables (bfd *abfd, bool default_imported_symver)
+ 	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_too_big);
+ 	  goto error_return;
+ 	}
++      if (amt == 0)
++	goto error_return;
+       elf_tdata (abfd)->verdef = (Elf_Internal_Verdef *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+       if (elf_tdata (abfd)->verdef == NULL)
+ 	goto error_return;
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index e93f0e0a9508aba6d57947e875092b1a52d38c83..646d4bd551450a84e209466dffbf814d89055839 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Binary utilities
 Name:    binutils
 Version: 2.37
-Release: 19
+Release: 20
 License: GPLv3+
 URL:     https://sourceware.org/binutils
 
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Patch51: CVE-2022-47008.patch
 Patch52: backport-CVE-2022-47011.patch
 Patch53: backport-CVE-2022-47696.patch
 Patch54: backport-CVE-2021-46174.patch
+Patch55: backport-CVE-2023-1972.patch
 
 Provides: bundled(libiberty)
 
@@ -400,6 +401,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/bfd*info*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 30 2023 eastb233 <xiezhiheng@huawei.com> - 2.37-20
+- fix CVE-2023-1972
+
 * Tue Aug 29 2023 liningjie <liningjie@xfusion.com> - 2.37-19
 - fix CVE-2021-46174